A couple of questions regarding whole chicken/parts

**YellowLabProject** · 03-08-2008, 01:21 AM

Hello gang, I would greatly appreciate some assistance. I have just finished cutting a full chicken and have a few parts that I want to ensure are safe to give as shown in the photos below. I ask these questions while believing it is ok and safe, but would like the reassurance that what I have is safe and I am not misunderstanding anything. Thanks for the assistance, guidance and patience through this. One thing that was advised from another post of mine: "All the bones in a commercial chicken are soft and easily digestable.", I have included this piece of advice as I believe it, but just reassuring myself as I want to proceed cautiously.

I have three parts- the chicken wing, frame and rib cage.
1) The wing: ok to give as is? Anything I should be careful about, Tiegan has not had this before.
2) The frame: after cleaving the exposed bone feels a little sharp/rough and a couple of thin smaller exposed bones.
3) The ribcage: lots of small exposed bones.

<img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/1...nwingso8.jpg">

<img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/3...bone2bz0.jpg">

<img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8...pboneee0.jpg">

<img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4...bcagepi8.jpg">

Thanks,

Doug

**imported_Hunterboozer** · 03-08-2008, 08:36 AM

I'm still a newbie to raw, but my boys have had necks, backs, rib cage, whole legs, breasts. I haven't given them wings because I wanted to give them something with a little more meat on them.

jlab · 03-08-2008, 09:05 AM

All these parts are perfectly fine. Lab pups love them and will eat them right up!

**ObedienceLabs4Me** · 03-08-2008, 11:13 AM

I often buy split chicken breast and cut the meat off for us and have the ribs for Caleb. Nothing there should be a problem. I personally don't care to give the legs though. I like more the backs, ribs, etc.