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Is cooked rice ok ?

Discussion in 'Feeding & Watering Your Flock' started by I*Eat*Chickens*Yum, Sep 17, 2008.

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  1. Sep 17, 2008 #1
    I*Eat*Chickens*Yum

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    I cooked way too much rice. Can I give the cooked rice to my hens ? I am guessing it is ok but I just wanted to ask. Thanks to you all ! This is such an awesome site with totally awesome people !
     
    Last edited: Sep 17, 2008
  2. Sep 17, 2008 #2
    jnjross

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    yep! mine get it allll the time
     
  3. Sep 17, 2008 #3
    I*Eat*Chickens*Yum

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    cool. thanks for such a fast response. Like I said, the people like you, on this sight are awesome !
     
  4. Sep 17, 2008 #4
    DTchickens

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    i have heard you can even feed chickens uncooked rice... a lot of people say "NO!" because of the little birds that "blow up" from eating rice then drinking water. but have never heard of it happening in chickens..
     
  5. Sep 17, 2008 #5
    jnjross

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    if you check the tags on your feed most layer and starter mixes have rice
     
  6. Sep 17, 2008 #6
    Mahonri

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    I've seen pigeons die that eat uncooked rice.
     
  7. Sep 17, 2008 #7
    al6517

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    Gave my ladies our leftover rice tonight, yea it is great they love it!!!. Uncooked rice in small fowl like pigeon is not a good idea, thier digestive tracts are not the same as chickens, I just would not do it for safety sake.
     
  8. Dec 27, 2014 #8
    Glendalemike

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    Yes Pigeons do die from it. Didnt know until we noticed them falling form the sky. Their insides blew up
     
  9. Dec 27, 2014 #9
    Ol Grey Mare

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    Birds dying from consuming uncooked rice is nothing more than an urban legend...which has been disputed by many scientific sources including Ned Johnson, the curator of ornithology at the University of California, Berkeley.
     
  10. Dec 27, 2014 #10
    tammyk222

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    I feed our girls our leftover cooked rice and they go crazy for it! Its always the first thing they go for. I figure its coz it must look like maggots or something lol [​IMG]
     
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