The definition and abbreviation for Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) or PHF/TCS should be modified to drop the reference to potentially hazardous food and PHF.
Yes, as a treat apples are fine for chickens. Some will say it is best not to feed them too many apples as the seed of an apple has a small amount of arsenic in it. I have an orchard on my property and in the fall, the chickens run there first thing in the morning. Never had a chicken drop dead under an apple tree.
If chickens are getting the bulk of their diet from laying hen pellets, then they won't overeat on the questionable items. However, you don't want to feed them quantities of food that they can't or won't finish, and that will make a mess of your yard (that's why I have a compost pile in my chicken run. know that chickens can eat dark lettuce. Im an animal luver that has a horse, 2 dogs, and 4 speckled sussex chickens. Reply. Im an animal luver that has a horse, 2 dogs, and 4 speckled sussex chickens.