Don’t feed your chickens vegetable peelings!

[Friesianfan]

I had an unpleasant telling off from trading standards today because my children feed their 3 pet chickens vegetable peelings.

 

[spin cycle]

why?

 

[Skintagain]

I had an unpleasant telling off from trading standards today because my children feed their 3 pet chickens vegetable peelings.

How much did you laugh?

 

[Friesianfan]

why?

It’s illegal apparently

 

[JP1]

It’s illegal apparently

Really? Maybe veg off a dinner plate etc if it's been near meat but peelings? Surely not. The World has now gone totally berserk

 

[Lincs Lass]

You should see what my nieghbor feeds to her chucks ,,boiled pasta and dog biscuits among other things

 

[Nearly]

It's ok if you sit in the garden and peel the veg THEN go into the kitchen.
The rules are there for a reason.....

 

[TheTallGuy]

The issue is that kitchen scraps increase the chances of salmonella in the chickens.

 

[Will 1594]

The issue is that kitchen scraps increase the chances of salmonella in the chickens.

Whatbif they roam round the yard , peck a worm or two ,maybe a snail ,eat grass , run round fighting overbthe mouse one of them found , Feckin madness

 

[JSmith]

I had an unpleasant telling off from trading standards today because my children feed their 3 pet chickens vegetable peelings.

Should of told them to get a fecking life an go an find the twunts that are killing my sheep in a back ally street somewhere instead of worrying about a few carrot peelings!!! Jobs worth, just qualified were they

 

[anzani]

APHA warns not to feed kitchen scraps to farm animals because of disease risk

Feeding kitchen scraps to farm animals could spread disease.

www.gov.uk

No mention of 'self service bars' or manure/compost heaps as they may be known

 

[Slippery Slope]

Well looks like we’ll all be spending Christmas in the slammer then

 

[Boysground]

I remember feeding the chooks with my grandfather. All the day’s peelings were put in a big bucket to this a few generous scoops of mash was added, this was topped up with a large amount of hot water. My job was to stir. I can remember the smell now writing about it. My uncle live in the house now and he still has the bowl the peelings were kept in.

It was back in the 70s so I assume too late to prosecute me for this admission now.

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[Boysground]

Have just checked with the trainee lawyer daughter and she says I should be safe

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[egbert]

Whatbif they roam round the yard , peck a worm or two ,maybe a snail ,eat grass , run round fighting overbthe mouse one of them found , Feckin madness

we have kept a line of pretty vicious banties on occasion.
One clutch of youngsters were in a run - most ran feral- and woe would betide any songbird that got in with em.
They ate everything but the feet and the beak of several little twitterers.
A young raptor got in with them one day - presumably thinking he'd 'chance his arm'.
We found it clinging upside down to the top of the run, terrified out of its wits....as 7-8 very small velociraptors advanced.

 

[robs1]

I remember feeding the chooks with my grandfather. All the day’s peelings were put in a big bucket to this a few generous scoops of mash was added, this was topped up with a large amount of hot water. My job was to stir. I can remember the smell now writing about it. My uncle live in the house now and he still has the bowl the peelings were kept in.

It was back in the 70s so I assume too late to prosecute me for this admission now.

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How long did it take the chooks to eat your grandad ? had to read it several times

 

[TheTallGuy]

Whatbif they roam round the yard , peck a worm or two ,maybe a snail ,eat grass , run round fighting overbthe mouse one of them found , Feckin madness

There's a lot lower risk of high levels salmonella outside of a kitchen where all sorts of animal products are handled - raw, processed and cooked. I seem to recall reading an article where tests done on free chickens showed less than 1% infection rates for those not fed scraps compared to something like 25% for those that were.

 

[Will 1594]

There's a lot lower risk of high levels salmonella outside of a kitchen where all sorts of animal products are handled - raw, processed and cooked. I seem to recall reading an article where tests done on free chickens showed less than 1% infection rates for those not fed scraps compared to something like 25% for those that were.

Better if you cook all veg waste ,used to boil taties for hens in an old copper , they love them

 

[TheTallGuy]

Better if you cook all veg waste ,used to boil taties for hens in an old copper , they love them

Yes, the problem is that there's too many people who just pile up a load of leftovers etc., and just chuck it out for the chooks... thus ruining it for those who do it properly!

 

[kiwi pom]

Should of told them to get a fecking life an go an find the twunts that are killing my sheep in a back ally street somewhere instead of worrying about a few carrot peelings!!! Jobs worth, just qualified were they

I'm sure when they applied for the job they didn't think they'd be telling someone not to feed peelings to chickens, they were probably more concerned about just getting a job.