The Dog Bowl Pet Supply and BARF Raw Food Blog

One of the easiest raw meaty bones to source is chicken, another is turkey. Pieces available include wings, necks, backs and carcasses. The ratio of flesh to bone, cartilage and fat is usually ideal in wings. Chicken wings and backs can be high in cartilage and low in bone. Inspect these pieces and judge for yourself. Then weigh up the needs of the pet you are feeding. For example, if you have a young rapidly growing giant breed dog, chicken necks and backs may be too low in calcium (being mostly cartilage), particularly if they are from very young birds. If this is the case, the pup in question may begin to show signs of insufficient calcium such as "splayed front" feet and perhaps "cow hocks". To remedy this situation, you should fee wings, together with other more substantial bones in preference.