Raw poultry diets can be hard to formulate since they often lack certain trace minerals. This delicious combination of ground chicken and chicken necks is formulated to meed AAFCO minimum requirements for adult dogs. No grains, no synthetic vitamins and minerals.
NOTE: This food is for adult dogs only.
You may need to adjust the daily amount based on your dog’s breed and activity level.
Raw Chicken With Necks Dog Food Recipe: Adult
13 pounds – 7 day supply for a 50 pound dog
Ingredients
- 3 pounds 92% lean ground chicken
- 3 pounds turkey or chicken necks with skin removed (be sure to weigh your necks but this is about 3 to 6 turkey necks or 33 chicken necks)
- 2 pounds turkey livers (do not substitute with chicken liver)
- 1 pound chicken heart
- 10 pasture-raised eggs without shells
- 5 large stalks kale
- 8 ounces broccoli
- 12 ounces blueberries or mixed berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and cranberries)
Instructions
To Feed Raw
- Grind the necks, heart and liver
- If you don't have grinder, set the necks aside and chop the liver and heart into small cubes
- Puree the kale, broccoli, and berries in a food processor
- Mix the ground chicken, liver, heart and veggie/berry mix together (include the necks if they are ground)
- Place the mixture into smaller containers and place them in your freezer, along with the turkey or chicken necks if left whole
- Freeze the food in 1-3 day portions
- Feed both the necks and the meat mixture together
- If you don’t grind the necks into the meat mixture, feed just the necks for one meal and the meat mix for the second meal
Notes
If you use poultry that isn’t raised on pasture, this recipe will have an omega-6/omega-3 ratio of 6:1. This is a bit rich in Linoleic Acid, a fatty acid that can cause chronic inflammation if not properly balanced with anti-inflammatory fatty acids including GLA and EPA. We recommend feeding Safe-Sea daily to help balance your dog’s fatty acids. This will bring the omega-6/omega-3 ratio down to 4:1. But don’t add any oil to the recipe directly. To reduce oxidation, you don’t want to expose the oil to oxygen for too long. Instead, give it daily with your dog’s meal. NOTE: This food is for adult dogs only.
IMPORTANT
The ingredients in this recipe have been carefully chosen to meet AAFCO minimum nutrition requirements for adult dogs. Don’t replace ingredients or vary the amounts too much … this may unbalance the food. The berries are optional but all other ingredients need to be in the recipe in the listed amounts.How Much To Feed
In general, dogs should eat about 2-3% of their body weight daily in raw food. Here’s a rough guide for this recipe:
- 10 lb dog: Recipe will make a 22 day supply
- 25 lb dog: Recipe will make an 11 day supply
- 50 lb dog: Recipe will make a 6-7 day supply
- 75 lb dog: Recipe will make a 4-5 day supply
- 100 lb dog: Recipe will make a 3-4 day supply
Nutritional Information
Typical analysis on a caloric basis:- Calories per pound: 494
Analysis
- Protein: 14.10%
- Fat: 6.29%
- Ash: 2.24%
- Moisture: 74.89%
- Fiber: 0.71%
- Carbohydrate: 1.77%
Fats
- Total fat: 57.67 g/kg
- Saturated fat: 12.57 g/kg
- Monounsaturated fat: 18.09 g/kg
- Polyunsaturated fat: 17.55 g/kg
- Omega-6/omega-3: 6:1
- Omega-6/omega-3 with Safe-Sea: 4:1
Minerals
- Calcium: 3.44 g/kg
- Phosphorus: 3.16 g/kg
- Ca:P Ratio: 1.09:1
- Potassium: 2.83 g/kg
- Sodium: 0.69 g/kg
- Magnesium: 0.39 g/kg
- Iron: 27.17 mg/kg
- Copper: 2.43 mg/kg
- Manganese: 2.56 mg/kg
- Zinc: 21.19 mg/kg
- Selenium: 0.18 mg/kg
Vitamins
- Vitamin A: 214,535 IU/kg
- Vitamin C: 199.93 mg/kg
- Vitamin D: 173.70 IU/kg
- Thiamine (B1): 1.12 mg/kg
- Riboflavin (B2): 5.29 mg/kg
- Niacin (B3): 42.67 mg/kg
- Pantothenic Acid (B5): 16.54 mg/kg
- Pyridoxine (B6): 3.92 mg/kg
- Vitamin (B12): 0.04 mg/kg
- Folic Acid: 1.29 mg/kg
