[Reg]

Hi Hazel:

We have the same situation here as Longblades has. If and when the chicken neck is actually with the chicken, there is no skin on it, the skin is still on the bird though.

We have the same problem here as well as Barkingdog has when it comes to chickens. We used to get the innards with them - heart, gizzard, and neck - but quite often none of these are included with the bird. The same is sort of true with the turkeys.

We have noticed in the past couple of years that we have had to purchase chicken hearts, livers and necks separately, and only certain of our food stores carry them fresh. Our local store will bring them in but they are usually frozen because we live in a small town and they are not on the priority list for the store - not high demand.

Even buying organic chicken, they don't have these items tucked inside.

We don't think there is the hazard with choking with cats as there might be with dogs - simply because of the way they eat. Just make sure you are in supervisory atmosphere when they are offered to the kitty, until you feel comfortable with the kitty being on its own when eating them.