I get scraps from the dining room at work to feed my girls. Today there was a bunch of crumbled bacon in with the normal vegetable scraps. Is bacon too salty to feed to chickens? I don't want to dump the whole bin of scraps but I also don't want to hurt the girls by giving them something too salty. Is salt a cumulative thing, ie if I only do it this once will it be ok or is any salt too much? thanks
Unless you're feeding it all the time - it's not going to be a problem. I think the animal protein is going to help more than the salt is going to hurt (especially if you're feeding them a bunch of low protein, low amino acid veggies).
That was my thought, this is the first time I've seen the bacon in the scraps. So I don't plan on making this a habit, next time I see bacon in the scraps I'll just scrape off most of it into the garbage right in the dining room.