Feeding Fish to Chickens

[dirt]

Curious if anybody feeds fresh fish to their chickens?  I have a pond overrun with Blue Gill.  I'd like to start tossing them to the chickens.  I can't imagine they need to be cleaned?

[Morning Sunshine]

from one perspective, chickens will eat anything.  I have seen them steal a mouse from my cats and eat that, still alive (chickens are nasty little beasties!)

I have heard, however, that a diet of fish would flavor the eggs.

[Stwood]

I don't see a problem with it, though we haven't fed them fish before.
I consider them like pigs. Pigs know if it's not edible, and I've seen chickens turns things down.

[David in MN]

I've seen chickens absolutely butcher and eat a rattlesnake. If reptiles are on the table fish aren't so far? Chickens will darn near jackhammer anything.

[Alan Georges]

Never, never forget: chickens are dinosaurs.



Permalink to original cartoon: https://xkcd.com/1211/

[Morning Sunshine]

Never, never forget: chickens are dinosaurs.



Permalink to original cartoon: https://xkcd.com/1211/

I have 9 cute fuzzy baby dinosaurs in my laundry room.  They are loud and stupid, and stinky.

[Stwood]

I have 9 cute fuzzy baby dinosaurs in my laundry room.  They are loud and stupid, and stinky.

Boughten or incubated? We have 2 hens sitting already.

[Morning Sunshine]

Boughten or incubated? We have 2 hens sitting already.

yeah we bought the fuzzy things.  My broody hen died last summer, so we have to keep these guys inside until they are fully feathered and it is warm outside

[Stwood]

yeah we bought the fuzzy things.  My broody hen died last summer, so we have to keep these guys inside until they are fully feathered and it is warm outside

 

We should have some peeping going on today or tomorrow. 21 days today.
We'll see

[Morning Sunshine]

We should have some peeping going on today or tomorrow. 21 days today.
We'll see

that is my favorite, if you can finagle an egg away from mama - the egg "peeps"

[dirt]

Thanks all.  Figured it would be fine.  Any news on those chicks?

[Stwood]

Our one and only banty, the best sitter we have, has only turned out 3 chicks of 8 eggs this time. One died for whatever reason, and 4 have hatched, which probably won't as the others are about 3 days now. She usually pumps out 7-8 chicks at a time, 2 times a year.
The full  Buff Orpington won't hatch for a few more days.