I'm wondering if there is a lot of difference between feeding raw chicken and raw turkey.
There apears to be a difference in the thicknes of the bone and the way that it breaks when its chewed up. Raw turkey bones seem to shatter and splinter instead of crushing. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and/or are they something that maybe I should stay away from?
I have fed quite a bit of turkey, but I usually only feed the necks. I did try a turkey drumstick once or twice and it did make me a bit nervous. Weight bearing bones should generally be avoided, except in the case of most large dogs and chicken legs.
i was very nervous about bones when we switched to meat/raw. so, i went out and got a prunning snippers and sewing shears that i use to cut up meat and bones. one of the biggest hurdles in switching diets is for the dogs to learn to CHEW their food. chicken bones are pretty easy for dogs to chew up and digest, but i wouldn't recommend letting them have turkey leg, thigh or wing bones. better to strip the meat off than to injure the dog.
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Wow I thought the fear of raw chicken bones had been put to bed....never had a moments problem. And we rotate with necks, frames, leg quarters, wings are just to expensive here. I supplement the necks with ground turkey meat and other meats (salmon, sardines, hearts & gizzards) but the frames seem *just right* and sometimes too much meat on the leg quarters ......
Would you consider the gizzard to be meat or organ? I have wondered about that since it is so muscular....
I have been feeding my GSD raw chicken for the past 1 year or so. I buy chicken quarters, thigh, legs at the local SAMS club, and once home, I put 1 or 2 pieces depending on size in sandwich bags, and freeze them. My dog LOVEs it. If before he would wake me up to go to the bathroom, now he wakes me up and wants me to follow him to the freezer. Same thing with gizzards, liver, heart: depending on amount I freeze them in sandwich bags.
I did give him turkey wings (frozen) a few times, he ate them as well, except it took him a bit longer.
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