John Westfield

I'm a lifelong cooking enthusiast with a special love for strange and underused ingredients. I hope this blog helps open your mind to more of the wonderful edible treasures around us.

When chickens cant walk?

The first thing to do if your chicken can’t walk or stand up is to find out if it’s injured. Another overlooked reason why chickens fail to stand up or walk is dehydration. Apart from injuries and dehydration, your chickens can also fail to walk or stand up because of sickness. When we were researching …

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What chickens can’t eat?

Foods Chickens Can’t Eat Avocado – Never feed chickens the flesh of the fruit, pits, or even the skins. Avocados are toxic to nearly all birds and often cause myocardial necrosis. What chickens can and should not eat? Yes, chickens can eat a whole fish, including raw fish carcasses, heads, bones, skin, fins and guts. …

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What do chickens smell like?

Humans most commonly get enterocolitis from Salmonella enterica, which smells like sulfur when raw chicken is nearby. Eggs and chicken products are affected by this bacteria, which emit gas that looks arging products, making them release a gas that smells like sulfur. While we were reading we ran into the query “Are chickens smelly?”. Yes, …

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