I know that chickens can't have raw rice, but I was wondering if it is ok to feed chickens cooked rice pudding. I made some rice pudding yesterday and it came out GROSS!!! I hate to totally waste it, but I don't want to make the chickens sick either. Thanks for any input.
Liz
Wanna be farm girl in my heart, semi- city girl in life
I give my chickens leftovers rice all the time. I had no idea it would be bad for them. It is always cooked. I feed them all my leftovers from the kitchen. And I haven't killed one yet. Thank God!
I think the problem in raw rice is that is swells in the crop. I killed some half grown chicks years ago by giving them half cooked pinto beans. I think fully cooked rice should be fine. However the pudding and sugar might give them a little diahrea if they eat a big bunch of it and aren't used to it. Laura
Oh. I hadn't thought about the sugar part of it. Maybe if I freeze it in small cups and let them peck at it a little at a time? ( when it's not so cold) Maybe it would give them something to do and they wouldn't be able to eat it all at once. Do you thnk that would be better? Lliz
Wanna be farm girl in my heart, semi- city girl in life
Chicken & rice question
Posted - Mar 05 2013 : 10:33:36 AM
