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Old dead animals? There may be some animal by-products in some feeds but it's nothing a chicken wouldn't eat in the wild. They are omnivores and will eat each other if you give them a chance. I had a 5 chicks escape the brooder last year and the hens killed/ate 3 of them before we found them. All of our left overs go to the chickens unless it's something really strong flavored that will affect the flavor of the eggs.
Chickens being omnivores means they will eat anything. Most people give their chickens all types of leftover table scraps including meats on top of commercial feeds. They will eat any living or dead mice, rats, toads, frogs, all manner of insects, each other, etc. that they come accross in their environment, so what is the difference? Just read the label of the feed sacks, some feeds have animal byproducts , others don't.
That's what I said. I think. I only got 3hrs of sleep last night, with this crazy wind blowing I kept imagining my chicken tractor blowing over again and had to keep checking.