stacey30 Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 So i have a chicken Rhodes living inside since friday after getting a secondary infection from gapeworm. On a course of antibiotics and I've given her 2 injections on her breast muscle and she's recovered well Fast forward to today and she managed to chomp down a sachet of dog food (not chicken!) and now her crop feels very hard and huge. I noticed this just before tucking her into her basket and got 5ml olive oil in her and a massage. Is it best to see how it digests over tonight and if still full try natural yoghurt tomorrow? Will now feed the dog away from her, Rhodes never showed interest before in dog food and my silly dog just watched her eat it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Was it 'wet' dog food or dry stuff? Either way I doubt if it will do her any harm - mine regularly tuck into cat food if they can find their way into the kitchen, I hear the sound of a beak tapping on the dish and usually find the cats sitting there looking astonished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pook Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 A chicken of mine has also scoffed quite a bit of wet cat food before I could stop her - she seem to love it. Funnily enough a chicken keeping friend of mine was actually recommended by a poultry breeder to feed her chickens some cat food to help them lay. I don't know if that's standard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I feed my cats on my front door step as they won't eat inside because of the dogs. One of my pekins Lily regularly chases the cats off and eats the food [wet food]. She has her own little gang of followers now, so its cat food for the chickens before I feed the cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 mine do this every time if they ever get into the garden and the back door is open Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoachedPlease Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Somehow I wouldn't feel happy eating eggs from chickens who eat pet food. That's not a happy food chain!. Xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Somehow I wouldn't feel happy eating eggs from chickens who eat pet food. That's not a happy food chain!. Haha amazing quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 This is a regular event in my house when an escapee gets into the kitchen once my poor old cat Tetley sadly no longer with us was attacked and chased off by one of my for her dinner Finding them doing a benny hill chase with a mouse is far worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
