Uncooked rice

[youtubeminer]

My mom is switching their food into uncooked rice and I heard that it blows up their guts is that true

 

[Monkeybean415]

You're correct. It can expand in their crop rice should always be cooked before feeding to chickens

 

[enola]

Are you switching baby chicks to invoked rice?

 

[Teppy]

One of my baby chicks seems sick. It is not eating or drinking like the other chicks who do not stop picking and drinking. I am giving it by eye dropper some colital silver. Any advice out there??? Should I continue giving the chick the silver and how offten??

 

[donrae]

Chickens can eat uncooked rice, it does not blow up inside them. That's an Urban myth that just won't die.

The "switching their feed" comment sets off alarms though. A bird can't survive on just rice, or just corn, or just wheat. They are omnivores and need either a varied diet or a commercial feed.

 

[enola]

Malnutrition will be the result of feeding nothing but rice.

 

[youtubeminer]

We let them free range so that mean they eat grass bug and leaves is that ok?

 

[enola]

Rice is not a suitable diet for any type of bird. Raising healthy chicks calls for proper nutrition..

 

[jak2002003]

Adult chickens love uncooked rice.. and its NOT harmful to them as a PART of their diet

I feed mine uncooked rice every evening to get them back in the coop.... and my fancy pigeons love it too.

But I also feed a commercial chicken layer pellets to my chickens as the main diet... and they free range.

You SHOULD NOT feed only uncooked rice.... they will get sick with nutritional deficiencies for sure!!!