Recipe: Raw Chicken Cat Food (with Bone Meat)
📝 Summary
Raw chicken cat food is the most accepted homemade meal and the cheapest. Base: chicken thigh/breast 80%, heart 10%, liver 5%, gizzard 5%, plus taurine, calcium, multivitamin, veg-fruit puree, alfalfa, kelp, probiotics, salmon oil. Dice, mix, portion one meal and freeze the rest — under 10 minutes.
1 Why Start With Chicken
Chicken is the cat-food recipe cats accept most readily. Many cats refuse beef, lamb, or rabbit, but almost none refuse chicken, and for the owner it is also the cheapest meat to buy. It is a great first recipe if you are new to homemade cat food.
2 Ingredients
Main: chicken thigh and breast (about 80% of the mix), chicken heart (about 10%), chicken liver (about 5%), and chicken gizzard (about 5%). Thigh meat is more nutritious than breast but a bit more work to trim; choose what suits you. Supplements: taurine 5 g (about 1% — it is water-soluble so there is no overdose risk), calcium carbonate 3 g (about 0.6%; reduce this if you keep small bones in the thigh), a multivitamin, vegetable-and-fruit puree 10 g (about 5%, mimicking the undigested plants in wild prey), alfalfa powder 5 g, kelp powder 5 g, a probiotic, and salmon oil for omega-3.
3 How to Make It
Step 1 — Prep: cut all meat into cubes sized to your cat. A thin cat can keep half the thigh skin for healthy fat; an experienced raw-fed cat can keep the small thigh bones for natural calcium; larger chunks are better for the teeth. Step 2 — Add supplements and stir well, adding a little water if needed. Step 3 — Serve one meal and freeze the remainder in daily portions. Chicken raw cat food is the easiest win in homemade feeding — give it a try.
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