flame ryder Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Didn't wanna hi-jack someone else's thread so thought I'd start my own. I've read some bad stuff about feeding chicken. I would just like to know is it that bad for your dog, if so why? Recently got some Advance dry puppy food from the vets...only seems to come in chicken, I even asked is there a beef or lamb version...appears not. Then off to the butchers I go to get some pet mince. It's all chicken based! Coupla chicken necks a day as treats. So yeah my dogs eat alot of chicken...don't get me wrong, I do feed other meat but the chicken is most easily accessible and cheap...and what about Roo, does anyone feed that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaC Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 My dogs eat a chicken frame each most nights of the week, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyosha Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I much prefer chicken to roo, and even beef. Roo is too rich for mine, and too little fat - upsets stomachs. If you have an indoor dog it can lead to flatulence of a fairly full-on kind... Beef in excess I don't like as I've had an allergic dog before. So bones only in beef except for weaning pups who have beef mince. My only preference to chicken is lamb - and chicken is usually more accessible and affordable. So chicken it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle. Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Depends on the dog. I have one who just throws up a whole meal of raw chicken but can easily manage a drumstick per day so that's what they all get, plus a lamb based kibble. They used to get mostly raw chicken plus some raw lamb til Dusty started her hurl-girl career so I switched them to kibble and we're all a lot happier. But I like them to at least have one raw meaty bone per day for their oral health. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianca.a Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I only feed raw and I aim for at least 3 different protein sources a week, usually more if I can swing it. But for raw meaty bones (edible) I primarily feed chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateAndDuke Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 My dog's diet consists mainly of chicken frames/wings and roo mince (with the odd duck frame thrown in there). He is fed only raw meat and bones with some vegies. The majority of his diet is made up of chicken and he does fine on it. I get bags of roo mince from a local pet produce supplier, which is great because it's preservative free. I bag it up into meal-sized portions and he gets them for breakfast. Dinner is the chicken frames with some offal. No problems here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andisa Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I used to feed a lot of chicken but for some reason swapped over to mostly lamb. However Hamish has just got though a bout of pancreatitis that must have been triggered by too much lamb - so we will be going back to mostly chicken and no more lamb for Hamish. I raw feed my dogs and have always fed bones but will admit to feeding too much lamb, they have it most nights, the others are fine and have not been affected by it but will be making changes to all their diets now. If anyone tells me that too much chicken is bad I will scream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion 01 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Chicken mince and BlackHawk dry for my dogs, with meaty beef neck bones for their teeth. No gut problems at all. They range in age from 8.1/2 to 14.1/2 so are not young dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 My pup gets a lot of chicken my older one can't get chicken so he gets roo and goat and lamb, pup gets some of each but mainly chicken necks etc as bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flame ryder Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thanks everyone. Well looks like their diet of chicken is ok, long as I mix a bit of other meat every now and then (and vegis n pasta n stuff) Good! I'm just sure I read something bad about too much chicken in diets a while back..musta been dreaming it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheridan Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Thanks everyone. Well looks like their diet of chicken is ok, long as I mix a bit of other meat every now and then (and vegis n pasta n stuff) Good! I'm just sure I read something bad about too much chicken in diets a while back..musta been dreaming it. Might have been my thread about Grumpy. He's just had a hospital stay because I fed him too much chicken over Christmas. Dogs can become allergic to protein sources. Some dogs do well on chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Our dogs get four chicken frames each a week and we've never had any problems. The frame is stuffed with a mix of lamb and roo mince to get the weight up to 1kg (they're larger dogs, obviously.) and then put in the freezer for a few hours to harden up the mince and kill some of the bacteria. The definite downside to feeding chicken is that you really have to be careful with the food handling. If I'm not going to use it within two days of purchase, it has to be frozen. Also a good idea to check your meat before using it (or buying it, if you can)- the meat should not feel wet or be leaking blood and it should have no "meaty" smell. Chicken that feels slimy or has flesh coloured greyish, yellowish (except for corn-fed chickens) or greenish is probably best discarded rather than risking food poisoning for your dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle. Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Our dogs get four chicken frames each a week and we've never had any problems. The frame is stuffed with a mix of lamb and roo mince to get the weight up to 1kg (they're larger dogs, obviously.) and then put in the freezer for a few hours to harden up the mince and kill some of the bacteria. The definite downside to feeding chicken is that you really have to be careful with the food handling. If I'm not going to use it within two days of purchase, it has to be frozen. Also a good idea to check your meat before using it (or buying it, if you can)- the meat should not feel wet or be leaking blood and it should have no "meaty" smell. Chicken that feels slimy or has flesh coloured greyish, yellowish (except for corn-fed chickens) or greenish is probably best discarded rather than risking food poisoning for your dog. Going OT here, but freezing food doesn't kill bacteria. It kills some parasites but it would be very unlikely you'd encounter parasites in meat bought in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlissPrideaux Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 i feed chicken necks or wings daily - my dogs only eat raw. on weekends they get a whole chicken frame each on one day they also get lamb flaps and offal. So no problem with chicken with my lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason_Gibbs Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 My pup eats mainly chicken with a few other meats like goat or roo but its mainly chicken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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