Chicken Bones

[Nikki]

Here's a question I am wondering about. My 5 month old grey seems to LOVE chewing up chicken bones. She is eating some of the meat but most of it seems just for the joy of chewing it to bits, she does a fantastic job of it! Is this ok for her to do? She flew off her perch onto the floor in order to get to the table for some CHICKEN!!!! This is the 2nd time I've let her have it. She prefers the bones to the meat.

[Talon]

Yes, Chicken bones are very healthy for them. Click on this link below for more info!

 

http://www.greyforums.net/forums/bird-food/85563-chicken-bone.html#85803

[Nikki]

Thank you. After I posted my question I saw that this site will direct you you to similar posts....very cool. I didn't think to search for it before I asked. It stands to reason that the marrow would be good for her, I guess thats why I let her choose the part she wanted. I'm glad to know this is a treat she can enjoy.

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[Tycos_mom]

Oh yes Tyco loves her chicken and the bones as well when she knows I'm cooking chicken for dinner. until I actually give her some she will say YUMMY CHICKEN WANT SOME, CHICKEN YUMMY FOR THE TUMMY!!:silly: :laugh: :laugh: Thats my girl.

[Luvparrots]

I just can't bring myself to give my Ana Grey a poultry product, it seems so cannibalistic to me. But I'll try to work on that image! It certainly sounds like it would be good for her.

[Toni]

LOL,,,,yea when Alcazar eats chicken I call him that..He loves it though.He gets it once every 2 weeks.Then I think as he gnaws on it, yikes cause you figure its a bone and our fingers are bones..Strong beaks.

[Nikki]

I don't think I'd like to dwell on that image.... lol<br><br>Post edited by: Nikki, at: 2008/12/10 14:55

[Nikki]

Well I didn't think to give her bones, she insisted on getting to them. I think thats what amazed me, how she knew what she wanted & made the effort to make sure she got some. Must be something they need in that marrow.

[Gryphon]

Someone once told me to think of a parrot eating chicken as like a person eating cow: both mammals, but not closely related.

 

We're vegetarian, but if someone came over with a chicken bone I would a) think they're a little weird to carry a chicken bone around with them and b) see if Gryph likes to eat it.

[Toni]

I do see Nikki's point though.I sure want to eat some human..Now thats a thought I dont want to imagine.eww...LOL

[Tycos_mom]

You have to remember that your bird is an animal all birds will eat other birds. Hawks aspececily would just love to get their talons on our pet birds its not canobolistic for our birds to eat chicken its not like their eating another one of their own species its a chicken not a Grey.

[she]

Charlie loves his chicken. It does seem strange giving a bird poultry but we humans do far stranger things.

[annmarie73]

Sterling can't get enough of his Popeye's chicken bones. EXTRA SPICEY He has a thing for the rice and beans too.

 

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[Nychsa]

Bella goes nuts over chicken bones! We usually get Peruvian Chicken and she can smell it when I get home I bet! She starts going crazy, dancing around, jabbering away, saying "LOOK LOOK LOOK!!!" Then when I give it to her she tears it out of my hand and runs off growling! She grinds the bones down to a fine meal which the dogs lap up, then she dips her beak into the bone and pulls out the marrow.