Pheasants - How To Turn Them Into A Barf Meal

[sarahp]

OK - so a friend of ours who is very into hunting, fishing, shooting has just dropped off two pheasants that he shot today ::  ::  

Ignoring the morals of this as they are already dead and I really dont want to do mouth to mouth with them

Is it ok for me to give them to Daisy as BARF food??  Does anyone have ANY idea what the forgoodness sake I need to do to them to make them ok for her to eat, or should I just pull out the tail feathers for cat toys and sling them in the bin?

I'm not squeemish about dealing with them - just ignorant of what to do

Daisy needless to say is BESIDE herself with excitement about them as he let her sniff them as he brought them in.  She is just shaking with enthusiasm about them - kinda cute really  

[crazyspaniels]

do you normally feed her raw food??
if not then I would not bother with plucking them but simply skin them feathers and all, and take of the breast meat and cook that as a nice casserole with apples and cider and cream and chestnuts for your dinner and give her any scraps for a treat. Mine don't eat BARF and so raw pheasant makes Bilbo sick, though the others get the scraps as we prepare dinner.
You could feed her the breast if you really don't want to eat it but its a waste
If I were feeding them whole breast to mine that don't eat BARF I would poach it in some water with carrots and then feed her it over a few days so its not too much at once

[Penel]

......... but if you do feed BARF, then you can try letting her eat it with the feathers on - she will probably have a great time plucking out quite a few and may well eat it with feathers on.  If it looks as if she isn't going to eat it with feathers on, then you will have to pluck the bird, and offer it to her like that.
I think two of mine would eat it with the feathers on, Tilly would most definitely want it plucked please !!!  good luck !

[sarahp]

......... but if you do feed BARF, then you can try letting her eat it with the feathers on - she will probably have a great time plucking out quite a few and may well eat it with feathers on.  If it looks as if she isn't going to eat it with feathers on, then you will have to pluck the bird, and offer it to her like that.
I think two of mine would eat it with the feathers on, Tilly would most definitely want it plucked please !!!  good luck !

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Excellent - I was hoping you would say that  

My gut instinct is that it may take her a while to figure out what to do but when she does she is gonna have a whale of time eating it with the feathers on

Will try and get some pics

[Elisa]

Eeeeuuuuggghhh!!!!    

[Cathy]

Eeeeuuuuggghhh!!!!   

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My thoughts completey.  

Yuck !!

Thank Goodness I dn't have to eat it.

[sarahp]

Well.........breakfast has never been so exciting  

Daisy spent about 10 mins just barking at the piece of pheasant that she had been given ::   Then when she was brave enough to attack it she spent a further few mins just trotting round the garden with a very waggy tail and a chunk of pheasant hanging from her jaws

She thoroughly enjoyed eating it and pulling the feathers out was a fine game

But the funniest part was when a few pidgeons decided to land in the garden, she never usually takes any notice of them but for some reason today she started barking at them - OH reckoned she was making sure they didnt knick her food, I reckon she was telling them 'look out I eat things like you'  

[Cob-Web]

I assume you don't actually work her? Giving a dog that works to the gun gamebirds to eat is probably asking for trouble  

Glad she enjoyed it - watch out pidgeons

[sarahp]

I assume you don't actually work her? Giving a dog that works to the gun gamebirds to eat is probably asking for trouble 

Glad she enjoyed it - watch out pidgeons

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Hell no!!  I'm always telling her if she had  to work for a living she would be permanently unemployed  

[suki1964]

Sounds like shes had the best meal in ages