Chicken necks & carcasses?

mistybella · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:24 am Post subject: Chicken necks & carcasses?

Any advice on feeding these to your dogs? Bella is a guts and just woofs everything down. I worry she'll choke. Would appreciate any feedback.
Jane

versatilek9s · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 4:33 am Post subject:

I'd stick to the bigger stuff. I think the guideline is that it should be the size of their head. I have a major woofer, too (like, can finish a chicken quarter in 30 seconds or less) and I don't do necks b/c I'm worried she might choke.

ange165 · Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:08 am Post subject:

I've given Ruby chicken necks since she was big enough to eat them.. she still gets them on the rare occasion now but I too worry about the choking bizzo and tend to make sure she chews it - which she does mostly. I was eyeing off some chicken frames tonight, I think I will start giving her those soon.

yoko · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:39 pm Post subject: raw?

Raw or cooked chicken? I have been reading a little about raw diets and it seems they say that raw chicken necks are fine...they're chewy, not like brittle cooked ones.

I am thinking about this whole raw food thing...its creepy what I've read about kibble!

Idaviruma · Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject:

Uno loves raw chicken and turkey necks, his favorite, havent had any choking issues with any of the raw I've fed so far.

Weim · Housebroken Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 60

As long as they're raw, there shouldn't be a problem, just be around. The bones in necks are tiny.

To us it often looks as if they're not chewing enough, but it seems to work OK. I admit when I give mine wings, I can't actually watch, but I'm right there just in case and so far so good.