Feeding Lard to Chickens

[cmary]

I have read in some other posts that feeding suet to chickens can be good in colder months, but might be bad in the summer (as they are not needing the calories to stay warm).
My housemates just realized that 3 pounds of cooking lard they had had gone bad.
Does anyone know if I could feed that to my chickens? Right now it is cold up in NY State, but not below 20 degrees anymore, is it too warm to feed it to them? Is it all right at all to feed them lard?

I would appreciate any words of wisdom,

Thomas

 

[PunkinPeep]

I am not an expert, mind you.

I would not feed lard that had gone bad to my chickens, anymore than i would feed it to myself. I don't really think they would even eat it if it has gone bad.

Lard in general might be o.k. - maybe as a treat ON something? Specifically if you're trying to fatten them up? I will give my chickens leftover hamburger or bacon grease on baked potatoes or something as a treat sometimes, so i would think lard would amount to the same thing. Obviously, if you're feeding them straight lard, that's not healthy.

 

[Chris09]

Are you talking suet or lard? Because there is a difference, yes there both fat but they come from different animals.
Suet -- Suet is raw beef or mutton fat, especially the hard fat found around the loins and kidneys.
Lard -- Lard is pig fat in both its rendered and unrendered forms and need refrigerated.

(*Mutton a ewe or wether sheep having more than two permanent incisors in wear. Can also mean a sheep over a year old and or a certain weight*)

Any way if it went bad I wouldn't give it to the chickens...

 

[cmary]

Thanks!
I will throw it away...