Glad to see you back and glad to see you trying the switch! Congrats and good for you AND for your dogs.
First off, I'd like to let you in on a little prey model secret, lol
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The ages of the dogs, absolutely do not matter. No need to worry about different life stages and their accompanying k*bble anymore, which is a scam in the first place. Growing puppies eat a lot. Regardless of what they're being fed. Chicken wings are not that great of a muscle meat source as wings are very bony, meaning wings should not be used as the only meat source! If you have wings then you should also add a bit of boneless meat of whatever source available to you! I would also hold off on the organ meats for one week, until all dogs have gotten more used to the new diet. Introduce new meats and organs gradually. Too much variety, too soon is not recommended. Stick with one protein source for a week and then move on to the next protein and so on and so forth. Once the dogs had everything and poops seem normal, then you can feed whatever you want, whenever you want. So, freeze those organs until next week!
I personally started out with chicken drumsticks for all dogs, all sizes. And for the unexperienced and the smaller sized dogs, it's a good idea to cut into the meat a couple of times with a knife to make it easier to get pieces off. You can also remove the skins if it seems like they're having a hard time getting to the "good" stuff. Remember, all those things are temporary and while they seem cumbersome now, as the dogs get used to eating this way and get more experienced, those little "tricks" will be a thing of the past!
Once all of meat and skin is off then they'll start working on the bone and cartilage.
Let me know how that works for you and don't forget, even if I may not be available at the moment that you need to ask someone for advise, that yahoo group has tons of info stored in the database and email answer turn around time is pretty fast!
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Originally Posted by xxmxaxrxyxx  ok so i am going to start out with chicken ... and being as little as they are...
yoshi is about to turn 1 in 2 weeks is 3 lbs
meiling is 5 months 2.75 lbs
kioko is 4 months and 2.65 lbs
would 1 chicken wing and a few gizzards and heart pieces per meal be enough for each one?
and for the other 3
kaine is 9 years old 7 lbs
kandie is about to be 4 who is 6.65 lbs
tootsie is about to be 3 who is 7.65 lbs
would a hind leg quarter, few pieces of gizzards and heart be enough?
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