Do you feed raw meat to chickens

[redinator]

As I was preparing supper I was setting aside scraps for my chicks (7 weeks old) when I got to skinning and deboning the chicken I wondered if I should cook the raw meat. I don't mind the extra step and I boiled the bones and skins, but I'm wondering if it's necessary.

 

[Zenmonkey]

I will occasionally offer raw meat to my cats, and I know some people feed their dogs a raw diet, often including raw poultry necks.

However the cats are the only ones that get any raw meat. For birds, Louie the canine companion, and anyone else, I'll run raw scraps through the skillet until medium rare to medium is achieved, or med well to well for pork and poultry scraps.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

As I was preparing supper I was setting aside scraps for my chicks (7 weeks old) when I got to skinning and deboning the chicken I wondered if I should cook the raw meat. I don't mind the extra step and I boiled the bones and skins, but I'm wondering if it's necessary.

If the chicken isn't from your own flock, I would.

 

[redinator]

If the chicken isn't from your own flock, I would.

It was store bought, which is why I opted to boil it to be on the safe side.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Yes I do. Why? Because I have watched my chickens catch mice, lizards, frogs, crayfish and even pick a coyote carcass clean that my husband had just shot. Not once did I see them wheel out a kitchen and fire up the BBQ to cook any of it.

 

[redinator]

Yes I do. Why? Because I have watched my chickens catch mice, lizards, frogs, crayfish and even pick a coyote carcass clean that my husband had just shot. Not once did I see them wheel out a kitchen and fire up the BBQ to cook any of it.

I thought about that, which is why I asked others opinions since I'm new to raising chickens.

If it was fresh from my own flock I probably wouldn't have given it a second thought. Since the chicken I was preparing was store bought I considered how much it had been handled before reaching my table and opted to boil it to be safe.

 

[MysteryChicken]

If the chicken isn't from your own flock, I would.

I feed my chickens the leftover carcasses when I roast, or make soup. Yes from my flock, no problems.

 

[Chicken_tiger_catt]

As I was preparing supper I was setting aside scraps for my chicks (7 weeks old) when I got to skinning and deboning the chicken I wondered if I should cook the raw meat. I don't mind the extra step and I boiled the bones and skins, but I'm wondering if it's necessary.

I don't, because I don't want to start conflict in my coop. cannibalism can hurt chickens, because if the meat isn't cooked through, they could start to see the other birds as food. that said, I do feed them cooked chicken, just not raw.

 

[redinator]

I don't, because I don't want to start conflict in my coop. cannibalism can hurt chickens, because if the meat isn't cooked through, they could start to see the other birds as food. that said, I do feed them cooked chicken, just not raw.

This is why I like getting others thoughts on something that seems like a no-brainer. I never would've thought of this.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

Yes I do. Why? Because I have watched my chickens catch mice, lizards, frogs, crayfish and even pick a coyote carcass clean that my husband had just shot. Not once did I see them wheel out a kitchen and fire up the BBQ to cook any of it.

Ironically all of that is probably safer than raw store-bought chicken. The processing and storage of store chicken grows a lot of dangerous bacteria