What Table Scraps Can I Feed Chickens?

The question of "What table scraps can I feed chickens?" is an important one if you raise chickens. Many people think that chickens only eat grass and seeds in their natural environMent and should therefore not be given table scraps at all. The fact is that chickens are pretty resilient animals and are not picky about what they eat. Chickens living on a farm not only eat grass and feed but will also eat weeds, small bugs and many other things as well. Chickens can eat most of your table scraps, although there are some scraps that they should not be given.

What Table Scraps Can I Feed Chickens?

What Table Scraps Can I Feed Chickens?

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What Table Scraps Can I Feed Chickens?

What Table Scraps Can I Feed Chickens?

Chickens should not be allowed to eat table scraps until they are at least twelve weeks old. A person raising chickens should not only feed them with table scraps; the chickens will still need to eat feed as their mainsource of nourishMent. The feed should be their main source of nourishment, as it has the protein and other nutrients that chickens need in order to grow healthy and strong. Some people recommend only giving chickens chopped vegetables, but one does not have to be bound by this rule. Some of the many scraps that you can feed your chickens includes peas, carrots, chopped fruits, whole grains such as rice and oatmeal and small pieces of cooked beef and Pork.

There are some scraps that would be fatal to chickens and should be thrown out. Raw potato peels are toxic for chickens, as are avocado skins and pits, spoiled or rotten chocolate and Food. Other Foods that chickens should not eat raw meat, processed includes Foods such as Fast Food, pizza and TV dinner leftovers, coffeegrinds, foods with a lot of salt and raw meat. You may also want to avoid giving your chicks foods with lots of onions or garlic. Such foods are not toxic and will not hurt your chickens, but it can have a negative impact on the taste of the eggs.

Chickens have their own unique likes and dislikes. Just because one group of chickens likes a particular type of food does not meant that all chickens will like the food, even if it is safe for them to eat. If you put chicken scraps in their feed trough, be sure to remove any uneaten scraps the next day or even sooner to protect the chickens from eating rotting foods that could make them very sick.

What Table Scraps Can I Feed Chickens?