Where do you buy chicken wings?

[Coco]

Tesco here too - the cheap value ones i'm afraid. Usually around £1.38 for about 10-12 I think

[bondie]

I'm so ignorant about chicken wings.......... (I know an aquaintance who dangles one and shouts "Wings" in order to get her spaniels to come in!) but in what state do you actually feed these wings, and what are the advantages for the dog?

[Cockertime Blues]

Bondie I'm ignorant too and still in the Dark Ages of dog-ownership.  So is it OK to give dogs chicken wings with little splintery bones?  If so I will.  (And if so, why can't they have little splintery sticks of wood?)

(Have an acquaintance who chucks still-frozen drumsticks to his 7 Scotties and calls it their "ice-cream.")

From Confused of Caithness

[Joules]

Bondie I'm ignorant too and still in the Dark Ages of dog-ownership.  So is it OK to give dogs chicken wings with little splintery bones?  If so I will.  (And if so, why can't they have little splintery sticks of wood?)

(Have an acquaintance who chucks still-frozen drumsticks to his 7 Scotties and calls it their "ice-cream.")

From Confused of Caithness

Just feed them as they come    I get a mixture of chicken carcasses and wings from the butcher and apart from removing excessive amounts of fat or skin I just feed them as they are    Raw bones are not hard but bendy unlike cooked ones which are hard and can splinter and should never ever be fed 

[Nicola]

Bondie I'm ignorant too and still in the Dark Ages of dog-ownership.  So is it OK to give dogs chicken wings with little splintery bones?  If so I will.  (And if so, why can't they have little splintery sticks of wood?)

(Have an acquaintance who chucks still-frozen drumsticks to his 7 Scotties and calls it their "ice-cream.")

From Confused of Caithness

Yes as long as they're raw they're fine. Alfie will know what to do with them!!

[SkyeSue]

Unfortunately I can't get hold of chicken wings up here apart from the ones I break off a chicken that I buy for myself. I wish I could, cos Chloe loves 'em  The first time I gave her one, I was really paranoid about her choking, but I'd read that so many folk on the forum feed chicken wings, and hadn't read any reports of a dog choking, I would take the risk  The first time, I just held onto it, so was in control of it, so to speak, since then, I pretty much just hand it to her and she plays with it for a while, then demolishes it with gusto 

[Cockertime Blues]

Ah well - I've learned something today then.  Wings on shopping list.

Are there any other kinds of raw bones they can have or just chicken or just chicken wings?

[Nicola]

Ah well - I've learned something today then.  Wings on shopping list.

Are there any other kinds of raw bones they can have or just chicken or just chicken wings?

Lots of stuff! Alfie has had lamb ribs, breast of lamb, pork ribs, oxtail (in moderation as it's quite tough), rabbit carcasses, chicken backs, pheasant carcasses, fresh mackerel... If you have a Morrisons in driving distance they do a good selection or I can bring you some up on Friday!!

[JaspersMum]

Cheapy value from Sainsburys here too.  Also pork ribs occasionally (especially at moment as easier to find as BBQ season (not with the sauce on naturally  )

[Kimberley]

I purchase mine from the local indoor market, I get about 30 for £3.50, various sizes I must say, they are the ones that have been on the chiller counter the previous day, they are not allowed to sell for our use, but fine for the dogs. I also buy my chicken trim from there, that's bagged fresh that day, you can actually see that happening while you stand being served, most of that is fresh meat, no rubbishy bits at all.

[Cockertime Blues]

Lots of stuff! Alfie has had lamb ribs, breast of lamb, pork ribs, oxtail (in moderation as it's quite tough), rabbit carcasses, chicken backs, pheasant carcasses, fresh mackerel... If you have a Morrisons in driving distance they do a good selection or I can bring you some up on Friday!!

We only run to Coop and Tescos here I'm afraid.  Well, I forgot about rabbit and pheasant (and dead crow and rotting seabirds etc.)

[Annette]

I am so frustrated that it would seem that free range birds don't seem to have wings as far as the shops around here are concerned. Loads of thighs and breasts (and of course whole birds which do have wings) but no trays of wings except the intensively reared stuff.

Why is that?

[DTrubs]

At what age do you think that chicken wings can be fed? I've got two twelve week old pups, both of whom are obsessed with chicken (but need to be coerced into eating anything else), but are chicken wings a bit too much for their little tums?

[LindyLou]

Elaine, I have noticed you live in the New Forest and thought you may be interested in this place. It's in West Moors and I use it all the time as it is 2 minutes from me, but they do a delivery service.

Just thinking you could pop a bag of chicken wings and anything else you fancied in your freezer?

www.nurturingbynature.co.uk/pricelist.htm

They specialise in Barf feeding and Nettie, the owner, is very knowledgable and helpful!

[Sharon]

At what age do you think that chicken wings can be fed? I've got two twelve week old pups, both of whom are obsessed with chicken (but need to be coerced into eating anything else), but are chicken wings a bit too much for their little tums?

My litters have chicken wings from 4 weeks of age, they love chewing on them, they usually just strip them down to the bone at this age, but I've always started feeding them from this age