Using oil to fatten up birds?

[brooster]

My roasters keel bone is not rounding out as well as i would like it too. i use a corn and soy oil for my hogs, could i drizzle 3 or 4 oz on their feed to round out that keel?

 

[d.k]

* Are you going to eat him?

 

[brooster]

well yeah!

 

[BantyHugger]

I don't see it hurting him. Oil is sometimes given to dogs as well to improve their coats.

 

[d.k]

* I like hempseed. Very good protein count. Chunks Miss Chook right up when she gets a little lean. But, I've never tried corn oil.

 

[brooster]

will that show up on a drug test?!

 

[Leslie In North Pole]

I would be curious to see if oil would round out a boney roo. I read once that chickens are the only farm animal that can covert fat energy to protein energy, this is done with egg production.

 

[max13077]

A friend of mine raises roosters for fly tying. He's always feeding them sunflower seeds and other stuff cause they have good amounts of oil in them. I guess oil makes them have nice glossy feathers. I have noticed his roo's are a lot plumper than mine. Why would it be any different if you just fed them the oil? I doubt it would hurt to try????

 

[brooster]

well, i added 3 oz to thier food this morning. Hope it doesnt kill them. They are the roasters, so in no means are they boney. I will be showing them at my fair, so they need to be perfect!

 

[Rogue_Woman]

I wonder if shortening would do it too? Or bacon grease? I really know nothing about meat birds, but I know what makes ME fat!