Feeding chicken meat?!

[catdaddy66]

Unfortunately chickens have no qualms whatsoever about being CANNIBALS!!

But it is good protein for them which can get low if they get an all veggie diet.

 

[nsanywhere]

Well OK then! I stand corrected and will start giving them ALL the scraps!

thanks everyone

 

[Equus5O]

I have no problem feeding them the chicken carcass. I just have to make sure that I clean it up before my husband gets home. He gets kinda freaked out by the whole cannibalism thing. One day, he came home earlier than I expected and my son pointed out "Look Daddy! Mommy gave the chickens a chicken!" He's such a little rat.

 

[SurprisingWoman]

I actually buy the roasted chickens at Costco knowing that the cat is going to get most of the breast and the "girls" will be stripping the left over meat off the carcass.

It's good for them and they love it.

 

[KandJsmama]

Chickens REALLY like chicken...don't ask how I know.

 

[chickletranch]

I'm always thankful that my chickens aren't 3 feet tall. I just know they'd be making a meal out of me if they were!

We have a barn cat that loves to hunt mice. One day, a hen took a mouse right out of her paws...and ran! All the other hens tore after her, trying to steal the mouse. She threw it on the ground a couple of times HARD! - bam bam! - and it was gone. Then she ate it. I couldn't believe it. Who knew that chickens were such caravores!

Lynn

 

[Tala]

"Waste not, want not" is the motto that I live by.

 

[Amethyste]

Chickens don't get mad chicken disease....

so it really doesnt matter if they eat chicken or not. It's a personal preference. I give my girls everything.... veggies scraps, grains, pellets, meat scraps etc....

They eat the stuff we wont...like freezerburned meat etc. The way I see it, they eat meat in the outside world.... they are not naturally vegan by any means. Last I checked bugs, mice and worms are meat lol And many many chickens have been seem munching on deer carcasses and roadkill and whatnot cos they want to eat. They eat what they will

Do what you feel is right for your birds....give them meat if you like! It wont really make a difference. Personally I dont give them raw meat from ME. What they catch of course is raw....I am pretty sure they won't use a sterno to cook their food. But me, I only give them cooked meat. Its a personal choice. I know people that throw deer parts out there for their birds, and still more that when they process their birds the others come and grab the scraps as their friends are killed in front of them.

Its up to you...many people dont think its right for chickens to eat chickens. Me? I don't really care....even they know they taste good

 

[TipsyDog]

Mine had leftover chicken last night

I also boil any freezer burned meat I find in the back of the freezer and they fight over that too... With a really big flock I suppose some pesky people could even disappear...

 

[zoomia]

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Nope. There's no known prion disease in chickens. So it's okay.