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[leopardstar]

I've never heard of feeding tuna to chickens, is it tinned tuna just straight out of a tin???

 

Is is supposed to be good for them?

[chelsea]

its good for chickens who are moulting.

 

I give them tuna in water (on the tin) and then rinse it again under the tap.

 

I dont give them much or daily, just every now and then when mine are moulting.

[HENthusiastic]

I give it to mine when they are moulting, or ill. I mix it in with pellet porridge. They love it. I give tinned tuna in spring water. I just drain it and then mix it in.

[TheCoop]

Yep - tuna in spring water is the best way to go. Lots of protein and nutrients to help them over the moult. I give it to them for a treat every now and again, but not regularly.

[Palmer06]

I haven`t tried it yet! I am going to see if they like it over the weekend when i can spend some time with them! But from wat i have read all chickens seem to love it. I am hoping it will be as funny as the first time i gave them wet mash! They jsut went mad.

[Louisdog]

I give mine sardines occasionally as a treat, I heard they were better as they have fish oils (omega 3 maybe?) which tuna does not. It;'s cheaper too, mine love Tesco Value tuna in tomato sauce, 17p

[quickcluck]

Excelent tip thanks!!!

[Egluntyne]

Don't forget to buy the dolphin friendly sort that is caught with rods and lines as opposed to nets.

[Pink Ladies]

I've never heard of feeding tuna to chickens, is it tinned tuna just straight out of a tin???

 

Is is supposed to be good for them?

 

 

I feed my chickens tuna sometimes. I don't know if it's good for them but they do love it!! You have to feed them the cans that say ' In Spring Water ' because brine is to salty.

[GreenGirl]

mine love it too, i mix a tin of rinsed, spring water tuna with some bio yoghurt and some bokashi, and they go mad for it

[jools+6]

what about tuna in olive oil ?? is that ok or do you have to rinse it ? or even sunflower oil , though i prefer the tuna in olive oil ....

[Louisdog]

I have given it in oil before but only if mixing with something else e.g. layers pellets, or leftover rice or pasta, to dilute the oil, and they seemed fine.

[helenmb]

In oil is fine if you squeeze out the oil (I use the lid to push the tuna down and the oil out). They really love it, I also only use it when I want them to have extra protein during moulting. The eggs don't taste fishy by the way in case you wondered.