Chickpea Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Now then, I'm sure once upon a time I saw on here a post with a list of plants that the chickadees avoided eating...or maybe I was dreaming, but anyway, I'm thinking the chicken enclosure needs brightening up and am hoping to put some form of greenary in there!! Any thoughts or advice!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I'm sure that there were certain herbs that they weren't supposed to touch but our hens obviously haven't read that topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Here is a list of plants thought to be poisonous the chooks. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) American Coffee Berry Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis L.) Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis L.) Bull Nettle (Solanum carolinense L.) Bracken or Brake Fern (Pteridium aquilinum L.) Burning Bush see Fireweed Buttercup (Ranunculus spp.) Carelessweed see Pigweed Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.) Clover, Alsike & Other Clovers (Trifolium hybridum L. & other species) Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium L.) Creeping Charlie see Ground Ivy Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii) Curly Dock (Rumex crispus L.) Daffodil (Narcissus spp.) Delphinium (Delphinium spp.) Devil's Trumpet see Jimson Weed Dogbane (Apocynum spp.) Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.) Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis L.) English Ivy (Hedera helix L.) Ergot (Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.) Fern, Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum L.) Fireweed (Kochia scoparia L.) Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea L.) Ground Ivy (Glecoma hederacea L.) Hemlock Poison (Conium maculatum L.) Water (Cicuta maculata L.) Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Horse Chestnut, Buckeyes (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense L.) Horsetails (Equisetum arvense L. & other species) Hyacinth (Hyacinth orientalis) Hydrangea (Hydrangea spp.) Ivy English (Hedera helix L.) Ground (Glecoma hederacea L.) Poison (Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze) Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema spp.) Jamestown Weed see Jimson Weed Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc.) Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum L.) Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium L.) Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica (L.) K. Koch) Kentucky Mahagony Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree Klamath Weed see St. Johnswort Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium album L.) Lantana (Lantana camara L.) Larkspur (Delphinium spp.) Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis) Lupine (Lupinus spp.) Mad Apple see Jimson Weed Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum L.) Milkweed, Common (Asclepias syriaca L.) Mint, Purple (Perilla frutescens) Nicker Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree Nightshade (Solanum spp.) Oleander (Nerium oleander L.) Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra Willd.) Philodendron (Philodendron spp.) Pigweed (Amaranthus spp.) Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze) Poke (Phytolacca americana L.) Purple Mint (Perilla frutescens) Redroot see Pigweed Rhododendron (Rhododendron spp.) Rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum L.) Squirrelcorn (Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.) see Dutchman's Breeches Staggerweed (Dicentra spp.) see Dutchman's Breeches St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum L.) Stink Weed see Jimson Weed Stump Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree Sudan Grass (Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Hitchc.) Summer Cypress see Fireweed Thorn Apple see Jimson Weed Tulip (Tulipa spp.) Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata L.) White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum Hout.) Wild Onion (Allium spp.) Yellow Sage see Lantana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Roses (thorns) and some sea holly its purple (some of them are) and prickerly but very beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luthien Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Here is a list of plants thought to be poisonous the chooks. Is that every plant known to man thats poisonous to the lil...so en sos?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickpea Posted February 24, 2008 Author Share Posted February 24, 2008 I'm not after plants that are poisonous to chooks, just ones I can put in the run and they wont eat it (wishful thinking? ) I'm sure someone had a list on here ages ago, wish I paid attention then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Sorry...misunderstood. That comes of speed reading without my specs! They will usually leave lavender and rosemary alone. You can get some gorgeous lavender plants which look very different to each other, so you could plant a few of those and have variety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Before you buy lots of rosemary and lavender, I have got (or had) shed loads and they have stripped the lot. It could just be my hens being greedy ratbags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 anything spikey or jungely in our garden survives. Cordalines, bamboo, ferns, phormiums, palms. They all look great and they are evergreen all year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Humph My bantams have all but eaten the lavendars I planted & the big hens have just desicrated the 2 spikey palms I put in their run. Not eaten them mind,just pulled the spikey leafs off & thrown them around. I am beyond annoyed with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Maybe when confined to a run they just decimate any plants because it's something to do? My lavender, rosemary, castor oil plant, bamboo, and mallow have all survived their attentions for 6 months so I will plant these in pots in their new run, whether they continue to survive remains to be seen Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I must be extremely lucky with my girls. I planted 30 primroses last weekend and they are still intact!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol U Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Mine leave most of the shrubby things alone - e.g. rhododendrons, rosemary, lavender, roses, potentilla, laurel, fuscias etc. However, if they were in an enclosed area with any plant, they might just strip it out of boredom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KateP Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Clover is in the list of poisonous plants. Is this the same clover that grows in lawns? It's just that we have got quite a few patches of it and I'm sure I've seen the girls eating it before?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 I wouldn't worry Kate. They generally avoid plants that are poisonous. They seem to know what to eat and what to leave (and what to shred but not eat ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24, 2008 Share Posted February 24, 2008 Not sure what specific plants to recommend. Our garden is very shrubby and they don't eat those (at least not that I can tell!), they also leave the herb garden alone although they regularly scratch around in that area. Oh and at the moment there are lots of bulbs sending up shoots without being touched. Last year I made the mistake of putting a newly purchased Cosmos out in the back garden, when I put it there it was covered in leaves after 1/2 hour it was very bare looking. http://a0.vox.com/6a00d4143e11ec3c7f00d4144ac6503c7f-pi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...