Well the feed I buy for them says it's 'meat free' pellets, maybe that's just to keep the Vegans/Vegies happy and buying eggs...LOL.

@Triphid They will be healthier & egg shells stronger if they get a bit of straight protein.....fish is what my family used on their annual 200+ chicken farm to supplement the dairy income.

@AnneWimsey When I can go fishing, and the river water isn't full of toxic Blue Green Algae and killing the fish, we usually catch an average of 1 decent edible native fish to every 10 disgusting, feral, imported European Carp, I keep a few carp to give to the chickens, they strip the carp clean and then devour the bones, etc, at the moment they are getting regular amounts of Shell-grit because there are no carp safe enough to use.

You're telling me, I've seen mine grab small lizards, grasshoppers, snails and even pick clean the bones my dog used to leave laying around.

@Triphid Yeah, so many people just make false assumptions based on not much of anything. You know, instead of actually checking to find out the facts.

Rough to be an Australian atheist!

Yeah, antivenom is available at the hospital, a quick phone call and the ambulance will come and get.
If you're out in the bush for any length of time it's always advisable to carry a phial of polyvalent antivenom in the first aid kit as well though.

@creative51 Why waste time praying when there is no god, just put a pressure bandage on the wound area and get help asap, BUT most of all DON"T PANIC.

That's one of the many reasons why I don't have a cat or cats.