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Chickens eat meat. Leftovers with meat are more healthy for them than giving them leftovers without, like plain pasta. Too much carbs cuts into the protein percentage of their daily diet.
that said, can you still use the poop as compost for your garden?
It has to do with e. coli bacteria. What you feed your animals won't change that. Composting might or might not get hot enough to kill it. We take a chance with e. coli every time we buy veggies in the grocery store anyway - remember a few years ago, it was green onions. Wash veggies and be very selective about what you eat raw, under any circumstances.
High protein diet can lead to high nitrogen manure, which is good. Chicken manure is pretty "hot" with nitrogen no matter what they eat, and needs to be composted to not burn plants. Think about the dead brown grass followed by very dark green grass where dogs have "gone."
Some people say not to use ANY animal manure to fertilize ANY vegetables.
Some people say not to use fertilize things like potatoes, onions and carrots with manure, but things like corn, tomatoes and beans or peas are okay, because they're not growing in the potentially contaminated soil.
Personally, I'll rototill it into the hardpan clay where I'd like to have lawn again someday. My soil is about 1/4" deep. I haven't bothered trying to have veggie garden for several years. Then I'll use it for corn and tomatoes.
