Chickens addicted to cat food! Will a cat door keep them out?

[Squawkers]

Yeah sorry I just think giving them as much as they want is a bad idea. As smart as they are, cat food is candy to them…

 

[NatJ]

Yeah sorry I just think giving them as much as they want is a bad idea. As smart as they are, cat food is candy to them…

Candy for people is mostly sugar, with pretty much no other nutritional value (no protein, no vitamins or minerals.)

Cat food has quite a bit of protein, and all the vitamins & minerals a cat needs. That makes it much more nutritious than candy.

I think giving as much as they want could get expensive pretty quickly, but I would not expect the chickens to have any major issues if they have constant access to cat food (as in, no issues caused by what the cat food does to their diet.)