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Hi, I'm new here. I want to get one thing straight right away. I don't believe there is anything wrong with feeding a dog a name brand kibble.
With that said, I do want to start my dog on a raw food diet, however due to my location, budget, and local market, the only way I could afford to raw feed would be to farm my own dog food. I have the space , equipment , and know how to farm chickens, and ducks on a relatively large scale and I have contacts that can butcher and pack them any way I like. I can and will hunt venison and share that , and I can catch fish and store them as well. Small game critters could go on the menu although they are very labor intensive for the small yield. I am able to get beef and pork affordably but no organ meat from those sources.
I want to find more information on this but I don't see anything around the interwebz.
My main concerns are what can I feed the dog that I wouldn't necessarily eat suck as the giblets, necks, skulls, feet, etc.
I'm also wondering if its safe for a dog to have at a raw quarter chicken? Are the uncooked bones safe? Fish bones?
When I'm butchering a deer should I save the fat?
If times get tough, can I supplement in something like rice along with raw meat?
I read somewhere online what I interpreted as someone is grinding chicken up with the bones and all, and feeding ground chicken meat, bone, and organ all mixed together. Did I read something wrong? That sounds like the easiest way to do it if I read that right.
With that said, I do want to start my dog on a raw food diet, however due to my location, budget, and local market, the only way I could afford to raw feed would be to farm my own dog food. I have the space , equipment , and know how to farm chickens, and ducks on a relatively large scale and I have contacts that can butcher and pack them any way I like. I can and will hunt venison and share that , and I can catch fish and store them as well. Small game critters could go on the menu although they are very labor intensive for the small yield. I am able to get beef and pork affordably but no organ meat from those sources.
I want to find more information on this but I don't see anything around the interwebz.
My main concerns are what can I feed the dog that I wouldn't necessarily eat suck as the giblets, necks, skulls, feet, etc.
I'm also wondering if its safe for a dog to have at a raw quarter chicken? Are the uncooked bones safe? Fish bones?
When I'm butchering a deer should I save the fat?
If times get tough, can I supplement in something like rice along with raw meat?
I read somewhere online what I interpreted as someone is grinding chicken up with the bones and all, and feeding ground chicken meat, bone, and organ all mixed together. Did I read something wrong? That sounds like the easiest way to do it if I read that right.