Is it safe/ok to feed chickens the left over turkey?

[timgrahl]

Yesterday we had an early thanksgiving with some friends and have the leftover turkey and bones still sitting on our counter. Is this safe to feed to our chickens?

 

[teach1rusl]

They will LOVE it!!! And they can laugh and gossip about it later, how they showed that big ol turkey who was boss...

 

[woodmort]

Sure, read this https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=422356

 

[Ohhhdear]

Chickens are omnivores. They gladly eat meat scraps of any kind, raw or cooked. Leftovers from your dinner table are perfect.
My girls will get the picked-over turkey carcass Friday morning.

 

[2DogsFarm]

They will say "Nom, Nom, Nom"

You, however, might not want to watch.

It kinda oogs me out to watch them go after leftover chicken...

I mean, that could be someone they know!!! {kidding}

 

[A.T. Hagan]

They'll clean a turkey carcass better than a school of piranhas.

 

[gritsar]

A.T. Hagan :

They'll clean a turkey carcass better than a school of piranhas.

That ain't no lie.

 

[thelazyw]

Quote:
That ain't no lie.

LOLOL so true! This is like a parlor trick for visitors, gets the BEST gasps.

 

[timgrahl]

Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and gave it to them and sure enough, as A.T. Hagan said, they picked it clean!

 

[1 Bad Rotti]

My chickens love all kinds of leftovers, including meat.