Fish?

[ChrisLehrer]

I just tossed my girls some leftover ceviche, and it was like sharks in bloody water. I had no idea!

 

[MichelleBelle]

I caught almost a dozen perch and would like to share my bounty with my chickens. Is it best to chop up uncooked fish into small bites for them, let them go at a whole fish, or cook and chop it for them?

 

[PetesChicks]

My girls like Haddock, I’ll usually cook a piece for them when I have it. Also, lobster. After a lobster dinner a couple weeks ago, I threw the carcasses in the run and they went crazy tearing them apart.

 

[Boonie Stomper]

Today my girls got their first baked and broken up perch fishheads.
OMG! My gals were suddenly full-on predators with jet fuel in their feet with every piece I dropped!!!
Praying now because some bony bits were intact and hope no one gets anything stuck in their crop.

 

[Brucey1965]

My girls really enjoyed the leftover calamari rings from the weekend ..

 

[chickengeorgeto]

I caught almost a dozen perch and would like to share my bounty with my chickens. Is it best to chop up uncooked fish into small bites for them, let them go at a whole fish, or cook and chop it for them?

I would highly recommend that you chop or dice large pieces of fish or any other meat or flesh for that matter. If you don't there is a higher likelihood that the large chunks may lay around too long or attract the attention of unwanted predators. Besides by dicing it up you can better ensure that everyone gits a share.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

Today my girls got their first baked and broken up perch fishheads.
OMG! My gals were suddenly full-on predators with jet fuel in their feet with every piece I dropped!!!
Praying now because some bony bits were intact and hope no one gets anything stuck in their crop.

There is little to worry about. Hens for better or worse have been eating creatures large and small for longer that we humans have been around to eat our chickens and chickens are still living large and doing well.

Besides, a chickens' crop in in fact a digestive organ that supplies the first dose of digestive acids to a chickens food and things like bones, fish scales and so on just magically disappear once in the crop. They also make for stronger eggshells.

Bonnie, now you see why I advise new chicken keepers not to fall asleep inside of their chicken coop because if you do fall asleep in the coop you just may wakeup inside your chickens.

 

[Boonie Stomper]

There is little to worry about. Hens for better or worse have been eating creatures large and small for longer that we humans have been around to eat our chickens and chickens are still living large...
Bonnie, now you see why I advise new chicken keepers not to fall asleep inside of their chicken coop because if you do fall asleep in the coop you just may wakeup inside your chickens.

First time hearing that! And my DS fell asleep with chick in lap... Is that risky too?