feeding chickens chicken's meat

[nizar]

I heard that it is dangerous for any species to eat their meat, because their stomach aren't gonna digest it. is the right.

 

[galanie]

No, that is not right. Chickens do fine on chicken meat. It's us humans that have a problem with it.

 

[JakRat]

its like silence of the chickens! LOL. I feed mine wet dog food to get a protein boost when they molt and they have no problems with being little cannibals

 

[KKatknap]

I have let them have the carcass from Thanksgiving turkeys, as well as the carcass from roasted chicken. They have picked them all clean and been perfectly happy.

I don't do it anymore only because I have several egg buyers who want organic, antibiotic-free, vegetarian-fed etc eggs. So I do what I can to accommodate them. However, in the winter when the eggs slow down and it's just us eating them, I will probably let them pick a carcass again. I like not wasting anything, and they get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

Incidentally, I have found my free range chickens stealing gophers, birds, mice and what-not from my cats. The raw birds don't seem to bother them, either. I think it's gross, but they do it rather gleefully.