Please don’t call me nuts if it’s just WRONG LOL

[SmiYa0126]

I give my hens chicken, beef and pork they go crazy for meat.

 

[killmak]

My chickens love chicken scraps as well. Usually when I butcher I don't let them out of their coop during, however I had to butcher up a jerk rooster in the middle of the day. They wouldn't stop bothering me and cleaning up and parts that fell on the ground. As others have said they like being cannibals.

 

[HowIsItDone]

I don't think so if the scraps are from your flock. If they are living together they have already been exposed to whatever may be in that meat or scraps. Personally I would not hesitate if the raw chicken scraps came from somewhere not your flock but I could see where someone might be concerned they haven't been exposed to it yet. If it is cooked I don't see a potential problem.

When I butcher my chickens I have two buckets. One bucket gets the scraps that I'll bury in my orchard to feed my fruit trees. The other bucket gets the bits and pieces I'll feed back to the flock. That bucket includes bits of meat, fat, and other bits, the intestines cut into 2" long strips, lugs and other organs I don't use, testicles, just various things.

I do much worse than this. When I catch a rat, possum, raccoon, or such I open it (with a shovel) to expose the insides and toss it in the run for them to feast on. I remove what's left before dark and dispose of it so I don't attract predators to the run. They get a lot of good protein that way.

Many people will feel other than I do on this. They certainly have that right. I hate to totally waste anything, even a rat.

You and yours will survive the coming magnetic shift, assuming you're on high ground.
Good on you.

 

[MamaPoult]

Would it be completely inappropriate to give our chickens, leftover chicken, scraps raw or cooked?

No!! Mine love and devour it. They also like raw carcasses my moms done with!

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

No!! Mine love and devour it. They also like raw carcasses my moms done with!

Same!

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

Cooked chicken is a great healthy treat.

 

[Ifitaintbroke]

If you mean morally inappropriate (which I assume you do, otherwise you wouldn't use that word), then there's nothing to worry about. Chickens have no morality or ethics and will eagerly cannibalize each other alive if they so much as saw a drop of blood. They are heathens. People have literally seen chickens eat a member of their flock alive just because she had a wound and they were drawn to the blood, or worse, because she got stuck in a hole and couldn't get away, so they took advantage of her weakness and ate her. They are horrible animals, but they are cute and useful so we love them anyway. Go ahead and give them your chicken scraps, they'll love you for it.

This kind of makes them not so cute... it's kinda pooglifying...

 

[RcoM]

I don't think so if the scraps are from your flock. If they are living together they have already been exposed to whatever may be in that meat or scraps. Personally I would not hesitate if the raw chicken scraps came from somewhere not your flock but I could see where someone might be concerned they haven't been exposed to it yet. If it is cooked I don't see a potential problem.

When I butcher my chickens I have two buckets. One bucket gets the scraps that I'll bury in my orchard to feed my fruit trees. The other bucket gets the bits and pieces I'll feed back to the flock. That bucket includes bits of meat, fat, and other bits, the intestines cut into 2" long strips, lugs and other organs I don't use, testicles, just various things.

I do much worse than this. When I catch a rat, possum, raccoon, or such I open it (with a shovel) to expose the insides and toss it in the run for them to feast on. I remove what's left before dark and dispose of it so I don't attract predators to the run. They get a lot of good protein that way.

Many people will feel other than I do on this. They certainly have that right. I hate to totally waste anything, even a rat.

My concern with rats is if they ate poison before being caught.

 

[ChasingChooks]

I feed mine the leftover chicken carcass, after the cats have picked over it. They love it! I do keep an eye on them while they are eating to make sure they don't choke on bits of bone or anything.

 

[tlcmurphy]

This kind of makes them not so cute... it's kinda pooglifying...

Sleep with one eye open, and the door closed!