Leicester_H Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hi On one of your other pages http://www.omlet.co.uk/guide/guide.php?view=Chickens&cat=Chicken%20Care&sub=feeding it say "Government Regulations for feeding s"Ooops, word censored!"s to chickens The kind people at DEFRA have contacted Omlet and pointed out the Offical Government Guidelines for feeding kitchen s"Ooops, word censored!"s to chickens!" but the link doesn't work, and I can't find it. Can anyone help - juts wondered what on earth it will say !! Thanks, H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hi Hazel. You'll have to contact Omlet via phone or email about this link, as they don't read through stuff on the members' forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 Hazel: It is a DEFRA link that is dead, so you might be better contacting them. But they have revamped their website, and may no longer have the information online (I can't find it, anyway). As for feeding s"Ooops, word censored!"s to chickens, if you see what they eat when given a free choice (yuk) I wouldn't worry too much. Just not real rubbish like sweets or anything salted, and remember that birds (not being mammals) can't digest milk. You are not supposed to give them meat and fish, but they adore it (er -- so I am told). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 3, 2007 Share Posted April 3, 2007 The DEFRA advice is that no food given to the chickens should AT ANY TIME come into contact with meat or meat products (in a nutshell!). Although, as Gallina says, they are not vegetarian (I don't think that slugs, snails, frogs and mice count as veg yet anyway!) so I feed mine most of our kitchen s"Ooops, word censored!"s. And if there is a bit of ham on a leftover sandwich, or a bit of gravy to go with leftover mash ......... They certainly wolf down their evening porridge of s"Ooops, word censored!"s! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted April 4, 2007 Author Share Posted April 4, 2007 Thanks - I rather assumed the DEFRA advice was geared to large scale opperations and was simply interested to see what it said. For 2 chickens, I think common sense should prevail. (Snowy - I haven't forgotten about sending photo's - simply haven't had time - will try over Easter break - 2 (at least) are quite nice) Thanks everyone - can't wait for tomorrow !!!!!!!!!!! H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
