Why do people keep Heads & Legs

[Sundown_Farmer]

I sell to a number of Chinese customers who want the head and feet attached to their bird. They eat the head. Mostly I think they cut out the tongue.

PS
Scalding and peeling feet is way down on the list of things I want to do after evisceration day.

 

[BlackBart]

I feed the legs to my dogs. Some people make stock out of them. They swear it is the best stock.
The heads are either buried deep or sent to the local wildlife rehab hospital.

 

[Ibicella]

I use the feet for stock and use the heads for dog food.

 

[malignstar]

Um.. my dogs never leave anything out long enough to age. It's gone in less than a minute.

 

[eggbuster]

chicken feet = broth, dim sum, and dog food for expat. dogs in countries that don't have bagged dog food. Never had my hubby, kids or dogs complain.

 

[Tdub4chiks]

And I was raised to never give dogs chicken because they can choke on the bones. I've lived in the country most of my life too!

 

[Zoomom]

The bones have to be raw, not cooked for them to be safe for dogs. And you might have to train gulpers to chew and crack the bones a bit at first.

 

[joebryant]

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WHAT! Are you serious? What kind of childhood did you have if you never had a fight with your siblings to determine who would get a leg? GEESH!

 

[HB&B]

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Just FYI for everyone feeding their dogs bones of any sort. Rawhide included. Its one of the top things that we remove in exploratory surgery at the vet clinic. This is a surgery that is about 600-1000 before its all said and done. Also we have had many young dogs choke and die on bones many times.

 

[Zoomom]

Hi,

I have been raw feeding my Shih Tzu since he was 8 weeks old (he is now 4 years), and he cracks chicken bones and eats entire chicken wings, drumsticks, feet and necks on a regular basis. You should see him go. He teethed on raw frozen turkey necks and chicken feet and never ruined a thing in our house.

My cats ate raw quail, mice rabbit and chicken as well. They died of old age, no surgeries ever. I know many dogs that eat raw problem free.

Now COOKED BONES are a big No No. They are guaranteed to cause problems. I totally agree cooked bones are bad for pets and I would never feed rawhide. That stuff is awful and the way it is processed.

Now saying all of this, you have to research for yourself what you are comfortable with feeding your pet. I was more comfortable feeding my pets "real food" - meat, raw meaty bones, and veggies that are human grade that I buy at the grocery store or grow in my yard - than pelletized processed kibbles or mystery meat cans. There are some very good commercial brands of pet food out there. Anyways, enough of this tangent. I just wanted to add what I do with my feet and heads.

And sometimes I hold back the feet for broth, sometimes they are dog food, but the heads always get buried or go to the dog.