Minced Chicken Carcass !!!

[drid 22]

Hi! Ive just purchased a hobart butchers mincer from a local butcher. I am now mincing my own chicken carcasses. Plenty of meat on them still. I also feed them gain 28. Do u guys use this !!! If o how much do u feed. thanks

[skycat 6,174]

Why would you want to mince chicken carcases? Chewing is an important part of how a dog feeds: exercises jaws, cleans teeth, psychologically calming to chew bones as well.

[rabbitcatcher 1 287]

Why would you want to mince chicken carcases? Chewing is an important part of how a dog feeds: exercises jaws, cleans teeth, psychologically calming to chew bones as well.

To hazard a guess I'd say to make minced chicken

The dog might get other bones to chew

He said he just acquired a mincer so maybe he's testing it out

Not everybody is a expert

Rc1

To the op yes a lot of people use minced chicken carcasses minced or in full form dogs love it but also need to give them veg,rice, brown bread an d the likes

[drid 22]

The reason I got the mincer is for 1. Freezer space. Plus I like to weigh the so the dog are getting the correct amounts and are not being over feed. And I do give them bones !

[rabbitcatcher 1 287]

Fair play fella

Could be worse you could be feeding tinned dog food

Atb rc1

[skycat 6,174]

Yes, I agree, whole carcases take a lot more room in freezer, though I just hate the pink slurry they turn into when minced I guess I'm lucky in that we get carcases from the butcher several times a week so no need to try and freeze: just fridge them. But you really don't need to weigh stuff: how the dog looks will tell you better than anything if the dog is getting the right amount of food. If it starts putting on too much weight just decrease the amount of food! And all dogs have different rates of metabolism: I have a lurcher who gets less to eat than most terriers and she's still a pudding.

[drid 22]

I agree about slurry. But on the mincer u get diffrent size plates the meat cum through. I recently purchased a plate with 8mm holes in it. As the 1 that was with it was to small.

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

I'd start out by finding out the biggest amount each dog will eat and then feed a little bit less. From that starting point you can adjust it by body condition. Every dog's different. The heavy baseline types often get a bit fat, even in work, while with sighthoundy types it's sometimes hard to keep weight on.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Maximus Ferret

[drid 22]

As well as mincing the food I really do like weighing and prepearing there food to. I find it very enjoyable. Rather than just giving them the carcasses. I do like sitting out in the shed with them. I think they enjoy watching doing there food. I have 5 dogs.

[shaaark 10,919]

As well as mincing the food I really do like weighing and prepearing there food to. I find it very enjoyable. Rather than just giving them the carcasses. I do like sitting out in the shed with them. I think they enjoy watching doing there food. I have 5 dogs.

I enjoy watching the dogs eat, besides feeling satisfied that they're getting good nutrition, I find it very theraputic

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Funny enough I get. A real satisfaction out of feeding mine, trying to get the best of stuff into them and tailor there meal depending on what's happening work wise. Me personally dont mince my stuff I much prefer to offer them full carcasses but each to their own aslong as there getting it I suppose. But think people over think stuff and make things complicated for themself, my mate has a mincer he likes to do I dont know say 3/4weeks in one hit chicken/rabbit mainly, and stores them in them see throw take way tubs neatly in the freezer. But the thing with this type of feeding is it tends to be the same all the time nothings really tailored to the next days work load be it ferreting or coursing just say, or back from a nights lamping?

 

 

Think everyone goes throw a certain stage when feeding raw really really complicated stuff. Over think it ect and worry to much how much veg then bone to meat ratio they miss the point on how easy it without trying to squeeze everything in to a 1lb of minced up stuff?

 

 

 

Me I'll just keep feeding carcasses and muscle meat, same as my mate will keep minceing

[drid 22]

Can I put pictures on here using my phone. If so how do I do it. thanks

[wi11ow 2,657]

Can I put pictures on here using my phone. If so how do I do it. thanks

 

 

i feed the same just drop to gain 20 in summer dont need all that protein in warmer months they do great on it AND the proof is in the dogs working well

[Neal 1,873]

I feed mine raw but, due to the difficulty of finding a proper local butcher who'd provide that kind of thing and a lack of freezer space, I buy mine in bags from a local pet store. It's still the usual i.e. chicken wings, turkey necks, mince etc and is made (though made isn't quite the right word) by a company called Nature's Menu. They have a very helpful website and I think I read somewhere that mixing raw and complete in the same meal isn't ideal...something to do with the different rate at which they're digested.

[Hot Meat 3,109]

I hate slime that appears on minced chicken so for that reason I feed em whole or in half or quarters, but always on bone