Raw fish.

[Greaner_pastures]

I saw a few things about being able to feed my girls raw fish, but nothing about deboning them. Does anyone know if that should be done or can I throw it in whole, head and all? Going to be giving them a trout if that makes any difference.

Tyia

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I used to chop everything up in a pretty little pieces until one day I watched the massacre that was my friends chickens finding and eating a mouse.... I no longer worry about chopping stuff up. Toss it in. If you weren't already, you're going to be very popular with them.

 

[MamaPoult]

Oh yeah I toss mine in! They love salmon!

 

[Greaner_pastures]

Oh yeah I toss mine in! They love salmon!

They were happy birds today! They got a trout.

 

[Gemstateranch]

Throw them in, head, guts, carcass. They love all that stuff

 

[Altairsky]

My hens are afraid of fish heads. They would eat the guts like they are the best thing in the world but they get really alarmed when they see the head.

 

[member 544621]

Maybe it was me, but I swear when I fed my hens fish scraps, their eggs became fishy flavored.

 

[Krux5506]

Maybe it was me, but I swear when I fed my hens fish scraps, their eggs became fishy flavored.

I've heard that too. Overload of omega 3's can do that to eggs. I don't really feed my chickens fish for that reason.

 

[member 544621]

I've heard that too. Overload of omega 3's can do that to eggs. I don't really feed my chickens fish for that reason.

I know for sure when wild mallards eat a lot of salmon eggs in the fall it makes their meat taste terrible .... I can't imagine it wouldn't/doesn't do the same for chicken eggs. My hens don't get any more fish scraps. LOL!

 

[Krux5506]

I know for sure when wild mallards eat a lot of salmon eggs in the fall it makes their meat taste terrible .... I can't imagine it wouldn't/doesn't do the same for chicken eggs. My hens don't get any more fish scraps. LOL!

right! occasionally I'll give mine a little bit of fish like tuna scraps or sardines if I get a tin that I happen to not like or something but i haven't ever given them enough to make any difference in their egg quality. I remember back before I had chickens I was buying organic eggs from a local farm and although they tasted fine they did have an odd smell to them - not a "bad" smell but something just seemed weird to me about it. I suspect now it could be omega 3 related. I know they would make their own feed too so who knows if it was loaded up with fish meal or what.