Snake flavor chicken feed…

[FatherFalcon]

So I was thinking about all them pythons and stuff out there in Florida and such… could snakes be the next feed for poultry?

 

[Ridgerunner]

I doubt it. You'd need to be able to harvest them commercially. I think it would be too labor intense for that.

The next time you kill a snake you can skin it and toss it in your run to see if your chickens eat it. It would likely be a nice protein supplement.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

So far every snake I've had here has been beneficial

 

[The Moonshiner]

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I gather the pythons have a fairly high mercury content, not sure how much of that would pass on to the chickens.

That said, I keep waiting for someone to make snakeskin belts a new Florida industry.

 

[FatherFalcon]

I doubt it. You'd need to be able to harvest them commercially. I think it would be too labor intense for that.

The next time you kill a snake you can skin it and toss it in your run to see if your chickens eat it. It would likely be a nice protein supplement.

It would mostly come from commercial snake farms. First captured, caged, bred, then made into pellets…or crumble…