I started feeding raw chicken backs and my dog's stool was very hard and almost all bone,
Stools caused by chicken will look a lot like bone. They are very light in color with kind of a yellowish tint and very very small. My Great Danes poop 2 little logs a day about the size of my thumb. That is the entirety of their poop. Kibble poops are artificially large because of the garbage fillers in kibble. What you are seeing now are more natural stools. As long as they aren't powdery, don't worry about them.
It also won't be unusual to see some bone fragments in the stools at this stage. You will see less and less of them as time passes. Their bodies are still learning to digest this stuff. The acidity level of their stomach juices will increase over time.
so I fed him chicken breast in a.m. and leg quarter in p.m., stool still same. Yesterday I fed him chicken breast in a.m. and boneless breast in p.m., this morning I fed him chicken breast. His stool had one hard ball, a small piece of undigested mucousy chicken (had slight tinge of blood) and some pieces of 1/4 inch bones. Is this normal?
Yep, absolutely. You can feed as much boneless chicken as you wish just so the stools don't get soft. It also won't be unusual to see mucusy stools.
He also is not drinking any water, his urine is clear.
Thats also normal. They will never drink as much water as they used to. Their raw food is about 70% water. Remember how dry kibble was? They had to drink more water to make up for that dryness. Again, what they are drinking now is more natural that the heavy kibble drinking. Feeding kibble causes all kinds of unatural things to happen that people accept as natural because its all they ever saw.
Was I wrong to feed the boneless breast?
Nope ... it makes it a little more likely to have soft stools but since they didn't, its no problem. Remember ... bones cause harder stools so if your dogs have soft stools feed more bone and soft stools call for more bone. None of it is critical.
I've only been feeding raw about a week and half and his stools have gotten to be just a few balls a day, and hard as rock so I though I was feeding too much bone therefore added the boneless breast.
What you are seeing is normal. Get used to it. It is really great. BTW: Those stooks will dry up even more, turn to a white powder and blow away in the wind or wash away with the rain. Much much less poop clean up in the yeard. Also it doesn't stink. :smile: Don't be worried about the good things. They are called benefits. :smile:
I'm thinking of going to a premade patty as seeing those bones and blood in his stool scare me.
No, no, no, no, no, a thousand times no. Hang in there ... I know this is a little scary. We were all scared when we first started. We saw things we didn't expect. After you have done this a few months and have your routine all set, you will be very comfortable with this. There is just a little adjustment for everyone. Believe me, both you and your dogs will be glad you stuck with it.
Don't sweat small details. Nothing is critical. No percentages, no amounts, no times, no ingredients, nothing. Your dogs will survive this transition and so will you. :smile:
ETA: If you go to premade patties, you will be taking a big step backwards.