Innards...what to do with them?

[HEChicken]

Ummmm....I feed them back to the chooks

They go nuts for them. Extra protein and they don't go to waste.

 

[ChickChickChicky]

Just an idea, but couldn't you cook the guts (probably outdoors cause I imagine they'd stink) and feed them to the dogs and/or chickens? I am 99% positive that my dog or chickens would eat it. If you discovered they wouldn't eat it, then you could always put it in a deep hole, throw some cayenne on it to deter predators, and bury it.

 

[HEChicken]

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It isn't even necessary to cook them (I did that the first time and boy do they STINK) - they'll eat them raw quite happily.

 

[Sundown_Farmer]

You don't have a compost pile? Bury them deep. They'll cook away in a few days. Add some fresh horse manure or humanure for a bit more heat.

As a rule we don't feed chicken to chicken. Or pig to pig. Even when cooked.

 

[berniezahm]

I didn't realize you had any trash/garbage service at all, just assumed that you disposed of bones, left over meat scraps, and fatty tissue some how. Since they don't compost well I thought chicken innards could go the same place. However it seems your other chickens would eat them if given the chance. As one responder said his/her chickens love them and it is free protein.

 

[lilcritters]

Still vote for pigs... ALL garbage gets thrown out to them PLUS we get to eat the pigs! They get all the bones from deer also..... IMO they are just about the best disposal system there is... No anyone that has any and would like to have a snack??



April

 

[itsy]

I think I'd like to save the heart, liver, gizzards, and make doggie treats out of them from a recipe someone here on BYC posted a while back.

You guys aren't saving the usable innards to use for yourself? You can eat the livers....and the rest of the usable stuff makes for great chicken stock with your backs, etc. This graphic post from the stickies here shows a dude processing his chickens and then using everything usable. And then here's hislink for how to make a fantastic chicken stock from those parts. I've copied his method and it came out AMAZING.

For the rest of the guts that you aren't going to eat - I'd burn them. I don't like giving my dog intestines or the odd innard that I wouldn't eat....nor do I feel comfortable feeding them back to the chickens. We don't put any meat products in our compost, (or human poo like suggested above for that matter.) The only poo going in there is chicken, rabbit, quail or horse.​

 

[pips&peeps]

If you process in small numbers, you can freeze the unused parts and put them in the garbage on the day of collection. This is what I do with my little birds that I cull.

 

[HEChicken]

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I wouldn't eat the intestines (containing food on its way to becoming poop) but nor would I eat the poop after it has been discarded by the chicken. The dogs DO eat the chicken poop if given the chance, so they also quite happily eat it in this form.

 

[itsy]

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I wouldn't eat the intestines (containing food on its way to becoming poop) but nor would I eat the poop after it has been discarded by the chicken. The dogs DO eat the chicken poop if given the chance, so they also quite happily eat it in this form.

YOUR dog may eat chicken poop, but mine won't touch the stuff! Horse poop on the other hand....now there's a delicious delicacy....