Feeding fish to chickens

[ChickenEllis]

I catch a ton of barred surf perch when i go surf fishing around where i live. I normally throw them back because they are bland and boney but i'm thinking i might bring one back to feed to chickens. Would the bones or scales pose a problem?

Would it be better to cook it first?

 

[Ms~Silkie~Girl]

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[Chick_a_dee]

Um, why can't you feed chickens raw meat? Chickens eat things like mice and small mammels all the time....Which would be raw meat

 

[SallyF]

A lot of people on here have reported that their chickens eat mice, frogs, etc. Are those not bones & raw meat? I don't understand. Give me a

and elaborate, please.
Thanks, I'm just a little slow this morning; haven't finished the second cup of coffee yet.

 

[silkydragon]

lol my chickens eat raw meat all the time not that i feed them but they free range so find stuff like frogs and mice all the time

 

[eggsited chickens]

Bugs are raw too, so I'm sure a little raw meat wouldn't be bad. I wouldn't feel comfortable feeding raw chicken or beef to them, maybe not even raw fish...I'd maybe cook it. The bones in the fish are dangerous for humans to eat b/c they are so small. Now are the dangerous for chickens? I don't know.

 

[neuchicontheblock]

Mine had a little left over shrimp scampi with pasta with their breakfast. Gone in a flash. M/B it was the garlic?

 

[ConchRepublic]

I'd say raw meat might be fine now and then. But the bones in the fish might be a choking hazard. I'd slash both sides of the fish to the bones then boil em a bit. Should soften up the bones fine.

edited cause I can't spell for manure

 

[HEChicken]

I would definitely feed. I actually stopped at a fish market close to me last week to ask if I could take any scraps they have home to feed my chooks, but they said they don't have any

 

[Ms~Silkie~Girl]

Nevermind, you guys don't have to 'jump' on me about it. Apparently what I read was wrong, I get it