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    Alternative Protein (animal scraps)?

    Birds got some roadkill rabbit, critters just love to play chicken on the road. My car is an indiscriminate killer. I on the other hand, am not. Caught this big old possum in the dog proof trap. She had a pouch full of babies so I took her for a ride and let her go across the creek. Now if...
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    Alternative Protein (animal scraps)?

    Adding small game animals to the list of things I've fed my chickens. I shot a few squirrels and trapped several muskrats so I cooked them up in the crock pot, ate most the squirrel, deboned the rest and fed it to the birds. They've also been getting some winter squash that are starting to turn...
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    Alternative Protein (animal scraps)?

    Tried a few more alternate proteins since my last post. Their reactions were different each time. Steamed suckers (aka carp) were kinda meh. They ate some but left most. Trapped a healthy coon and after trimming the fat I threw it in the crock pot till it was falling off the bone. That was a bit...
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    Alternative Protein (animal scraps)?

    Wood chuck has been well received! It was more appreciated by the 4-5 week old chicks than the older birds. I simply boiled the meat on the bone and pulled it off. It was cut into more easily swallowed pieces. Next may very well be a coon. I already caught 2 this week around the coop but...
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    Alternative Protein (animal scraps)?

    My take goes a bit like this, just like humans who eat a strictly plant based diet, they will need added minerals and supplements to keep them healthy. Chickens are omnivores by nature, eating plants of all sorts, insects, amphibians, reptiles and small mammals. Commercial feeds make it...
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    Alternative Protein (animal scraps)?

    I am probably getting ahead of myself as I currently do not have any birds (impatiently waiting for eggs to hatch) but I'm trying to plan ahead for when my future chicks are turning into young adults. I fish and hunt a lot so there is often carcasses and scraps of this and that. Chickens will...
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