I’m an avid waste-hater and vegetable stock maker, i hate wasting my carrot peels and onion skins and love making soups, so i use the scraps for stock, I’m wondering if i can feed the cooked scraps that made the stock to my chickens?

Is there even any nutritional value left in the skins, would it even be worth it for them? they taste good though..

I also season the stock and am wondering if any of the seasonings can be harmful, here’s a list of ingredients, advice would be super helpful, i don’t want to throw the scraps out (even though i’ve already given them a second life, i know)

Veg: onion skins, onion, carrot skins and ends, potato peels, broccoli, courgette, pepper tops and middles, sprouts, aubergine, cabbage

herbs/ spices: Rosemary, oregano, thyme (plus their stems) whole peppercorns, cumin seeds, bay leaves.

I think that’s everything? i don’t use much, if any salt so that’s not an issue, if there is something harmful (i imagine peppercorns and cumin seeds) i’ll leave them out next time i make stock.

Thanks so much everybody! i’m still very new to this :)

Cows: Feeding cull onions (A llium cepa) to livestock is practised in onion growing regions around the world. While sheep are able to tolerate onions in their diet, cattle are susceptible to toxicity. Onion poisoning has recently been reported in dairy cows in New Zealand (Carbery, 1999). Given the recent seasonal abundance of onions available for feeding to stock, it seems timely to draw attention to this syndrome.

Chicken: Hens should never be fed food scraps that contain anything high in fat or salt, and do not feed them food that is rancid or spoiled. Specific types of food that hens should not be fed include raw potato, avocado, chocolate, onion, garlic, citrus fruits, uncooked rice or uncooked beans

Dogs: Onions contain a toxic principle known as N-propyl disulfide. This compound causes a breakdown of red blood cells, leading to anemia in dogs. The toxin causes oxidative damage to your dog's red blood cells by attaching to the oxygen molecules in your dog's red blood cells.

Just some interesting paragraphs from some articles I found to be very informative.