Food Scraps?

[K9Dave]

Yes they aren't squealing a

Gives the chickens something to do

t the back door now. I built a little compost pile and have it enclosed with pallets. The chickens jump in there and eat whatever I throw in. Whatever they decline, turns into compost and breaks down inside the pile. Working great so far.

 

[karenerwin]

My husband and I just finished building a compost bin yesterday. One of the school cafeteria saves me their scraps daily, which I toss out for my chickens. Apparently, my girls don't like French fries, so they never eat them. It makes the yard look messy to have decomposing French fries laying around. So, now I will be raking up whatever they don't eat & tossing it in the compost bin. I figure the girls will also enjoy getting in and digging around in the compost for bugs and worms. That's my idea of a win/win situation!

 

[DuckRaiser]

Yes they aren't squealing a
t the back door now. I built a little compost pile and have it enclosed with pallets. The chickens jump in there and eat whatever I throw in. Whatever they decline, turns into compost and breaks down inside the pile. Working great so far.

That sounds like a great idea! Happy hens!

 

[Sonya9]

I feed my dogs raw chicken leg bones after the majority of te near has been stripped from the bone but there are still big chunks. I tried boiling them to release the meat from the bone but they never did. Just turned brown like is roasted them. Any ideas? I've got 2 grocery stores that are going to give me their clippings from the produce dept. Everyone's stingy about anything meat and bone related here. I used to get the beef bones that they throw away but now they sell them. I get fish heads from an Asian market and my dogs love them raw. See anything wrong with cooking some fish heads in this concoction?

I have fed my dogs raw chicken (cooked chicken bones are a serious choking hazard) but I wouldn't feed them fish (other than maybe a bit of sauteed salmon skin left over on my dinner plate along with the rice and veggies, they typically get a bit of whatever I eat for dinner).

Fish is not part of a natural canine diet, in addition large deep sea fish (i.e. tuna) have a LOT of mercury in them which is why it is recommended that pregnant women NOT eat tuna often. I believe some forms of fish (raw salmon or trout?) can also transmit a very dangerous parasite to dogs.

Dogs will eat a lot of things that aren't good for them, you need to make sure their diet isn't just the garbage that they will eat BUT healthy and nutritious.

 

[K9Dave]

I have fed my dogs raw chicken (cooked chicken bones are a serious choking hazard) but I wouldn't feed them fish (other than maybe a bit of sauteed salmon skin left over on my dinner plate along with the rice and veggies, they typically get a bit of whatever I eat for dinner).

Fish is not part of a natural canine diet, in addition large deep sea fish (i.e. tuna) have a LOT of mercury in them which is why it is recommended that pregnant women NOT eat tuna often. I believe some forms of fish (raw salmon or trout?) can also transmit a very dangerous parasite to dogs.

Dogs will eat a lot of things that aren't good for them, you need to make sure their diet isn't just the garbage that they will eat BUT healthy and nutritious.

Fish is def a natural part of a canines diet. Fox, wolves etc will always keep a stream or body of water for drinking and fishing. Salmons a huge part of the diet of the Tundra Wolf. Fish heads and guts along with every table scrap you can think of have driven a family dog training and hobby hunting business for decades. Being in the Delta of La. there's plenty of fish scraps. Omega 3-6 fatty acids are a supplement best supplied thru fish IMO.

 

[jmuller3580]

Do y'all chop up veggie scraps for chicks? I don't want to give them anything "too big"

 

[DuckRaiser]

Do y'all chop up veggie scraps for chicks? I don't want to give them anything "too big"

I have always stuck to chick feed until they are big enough to eat things whole.

 

[K9Dave]

Do y'all chop up veggie scraps for chicks? I don't want to give them anything "too big"

I throw chicken scraps to them everyday by the bucket. If the scrap they want is too big they will pick at it and it keeps them busy and stimulated.

 

[jmuller3580]

Thanks for the info!

 

[pwesepolis]

I throw chicken scraps to them everyday by the bucket. If the scrap they want is too big they will pick at it and it keeps them busy and stimulated.

I know I spoiled them by chopping up all veggies, now I tried to leave them with big pieces, but they wont even try to pick at it...