i'm not saying cats can't eat dog food, just saying that my cat had a urinary obstruction and the vet said it was probably due to the higher phosphates in dog food.
my dad was a farmer by trade, and we always had cats. plenty of untamed, but averaged 10 or so that we "knew" and we were able to keep track of. the cat food was on one end of the creep feeder, the dog food was on the other. usually, the dogs ate the cat food and the cats ate the dog food. we never had any problems (at least none that we knew of; a cat would disappear from time to time.
i think people make raising chickens too complicated. our chicken feed has always been our hog feed (ground corn and protein). never had any problems, never had chickens laying poorly, etc. we never worried about what they were eating or weren't eating. they know how to take care of themselves, we're just making sure they have food and water.
my dad was a farmer by trade, and we always had cats. plenty of untamed, but averaged 10 or so that we "knew" and we were able to keep track of. the cat food was on one end of the creep feeder, the dog food was on the other. usually, the dogs ate the cat food and the cats ate the dog food. we never had any problems (at least none that we knew of; a cat would disappear from time to time.
i think people make raising chickens too complicated. our chicken feed has always been our hog feed (ground corn and protein). never had any problems, never had chickens laying poorly, etc. we never worried about what they were eating or weren't eating. they know how to take care of themselves, we're just making sure they have food and water.
