No, they aren't bad and nutritionly they are muscle. However when a newbie is feeding gizzards, I think its pretty safe to assume they are feeding real organs also.I can't remember reading anything about chicken gizzards, what nutritional value do they have, and are they a muscle or organ? My dogs absolutely love them, so I hope they aren't too bad for them.
Thats good to know, I bought some a while ago and fed them to Owen without even thinking about them not being good or something. They were on sale at that store and I stocked up on what they had. I also give beef or pork liver when it goes on sale. I hope that this is not bad either! I will usually give him a couple of ox tail a beef or pork liver and an egg for a random meal one evening every to every other week. Is that ok also?? At this point all I have been able to find on sale is pork chops and chicken, with the occasional turkey. I have only had a couple of people clean out their freezer for me and about 1/3 of it was things like potato salad and other things that I wouldn't give him. But I said 'thank you' and through out what wasn't good and I couldn't feed him. Any other suggestions where I could get cheap to free stuff??No, they aren't bad and nutritionly they are muscle. However when a newbie is feeding gizzards, I think its pretty safe to assume they are feeding real organs also.
Yes, all this is ok except maybe the ox tail. Is the oxtail cut or uncut? Cut oxtail can be problematic for some dogs because they can swallow those little bones whole and that can cause a problem. In nearly 7 years of feeding raw and being on internet lists of as many as 11,000 rawfeeders, I have heard of only twice that bones gave a dog a serious problem. In both cases it was ox tail that was cut instead of the big long thing. One case the dog swallowed the bone whole and it got stuck in this throat and the other case when the dog swallowed the bone whole, it blocked his intestine. So ... be careful with ox tail and only feed the long uncut ones. Your dogs would be a good size to have this problem.I also give beef or pork liver when it goes on sale. I hope that this is not bad either! I will usually give him a couple of ox tail a beef or pork liver and an egg for a random meal one evening every to every other week. Is that ok also??
IAt this point all I have been able to find on sale is pork chops and chicken, with the occasional turkey.
Put an ad on freecycle. I get a good bit of meat that way. My ad specifies meat and when I ask friends for their old meat in their freezer, I specify meat so I don't get the other stuff. Craigslist is another place to put ads.have only had a couple of people clean out their freezer for me and about 1/3 of it was things like potato salad and other things that I wouldn't give him.
I have never heard of that problem. What chicken parts are you feeding?I have noticed that if Owen gets to many chicken meals in a row, he starts throwing up. My solution is to feed a couple of meals chicken and then a couple of pork and then back to the chicken. Has anyone else had this problem?? Thanks.