Chicken Memorials

[SueSteve]

I know I have read something somewhere about poisonous plants, but now I want to find it I can't!!

We have let the girls out for the first time since our awful time with Botulism.

We are constructing a run for them, partly to preserve the garden, and partly to keep them away from areas that could potentially be contaminated.

In the run area there is a flower bed, I am happy to leave it or transplant the plants, so now problem when they start doing their own bit of gardening on the bed!!

The question is.....

In the bed are Hollyhocks, agapanthus, Aqualegia, Lavender and Penstomen. Should I transplant any of these now? Are any of them poisonous? There may also be a crocus or two, but they dont seem to have grown this year!

Thanks,

Sue

[Egluntyne]

This list has been posted before...was it what you are looking for?

 

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

[chickencam]

Blimey are there any plants left

[Carol U]

My garden has all of the things you mention Sue and I've never had a problem. There are also things on the poisonous list, like foxgloves, but the chickens just leave them alone. Don't worry about it - they are very good at looking after themselves.

[sheik]

I have added Egluntine's list to the Wiki:

 

http://wiki.omlet.co.uk/index.php/List_of_plants_that_are_poisonous_or_harmful_to_chickens

 

/\dam

[Helen&Lee]

With exception of the Agapanthas (which are on my 'want' list ) all of those plants are right by the run and they have left them all alone.

I have a lupin plant there too which they haven't touched.

 

They have destroyed my Heuchuras, which have taken me years to establish on my shady patch and the garlic chives haven't got a hope

 

I'm sure there are many other plants, I haven't been out in the garden too much yet - not really looking forward to finding what plants I haven't got anymore

 

I love my plants and have spent the last 6 years stuffing them into my garden - the plants they like to munch on will have to go in my front garden with the veg down the side - and we will put a gate in to stop them wandering front to back like they do at the moment.

 

Helen

[ajm200]

Mine have escaped from the netting once again and have spent the morning happily destroying a fern that my husband planted last year. I didn't realise it was poisonous and obviously they don't either.

 

I guess I'll be digging it up while my son naps instead of relaxing with a nice cuppa..

 

oh well - I didn't like the fern anyway

[ajm200]

OK.. my hens are just plain stupid. I've dug up the fern that they were attacking all morning to stop them poisoning themselves so now they are pecking at the only patch of daffodils

 

It seems to me that they are like small children.. fascinated and obsessed by whatever they aren't supposed to play with. Maybe they'll develop some sense when they grow up and start laying

[SAB]

Buttercups and clover are a real worry for me after reading this list as our grass is infested with them!