chickflick Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Does anyone have a list of plants that are poisonous to chickens please? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Here you go Chickflick! http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12579&highlight=poisonous+plants i wouldn't worry too much, they seem to know what not to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 ok am now panicking as my 2, who have never even looked at the ivy till now, have been at it all day, jumping up to get the higher leaves....do I stop them and put them in their run or do I hope to god they know what they're doing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajm200 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 Mine shredded a fern and some ivy when I first got them. I was so worried that I tried to dig the plants up I found both were smothered in insects. The girls were eating the insects not the plants. They were just ripping out any leaves that were in the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickflick Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 thanks maybe i'll take the "relaxed trust your chickens instinct to survive" approach.It seems easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 mine are still upright after a day at the ivy - or is it the insects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue and the Spice Girls Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 My girls enjoyed the rhubarb leaves so much I had to put a cover over it. AndI thought it was poisonous, containing oxalic acid!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 well this morning my 2 aparent ivy-scoffers are perky as anything - don't want to speak too soon but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonvr Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 As said earlier I think chicks tend to know what they should/should not eat - or have strong stomachs! Ours freeranged for three years with no ill effects. i know for a fact they ate a lot of ivy however as we put our run on a patch previously covered in Ivy - I cleared any obvious stuff and assumed that was ok - three years later - within months of the chicks being dispatched by mr fox - the ivy is growing back through the ground inside the run and through the fences - ie they had been nibbling it for the last three years with no ill effects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Absolutely. Jenny's been eating rhubarb leaves all afternoon but she knows when enough's enough and did the same last year and has lived to tell the tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 and mine are still going strong despite 2 days of eating the ivy - i did think to myself yesterday "at least they haven't touched the rhubarb"....and then I saw it this afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 No crumble for you then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 boo hoo, it's my favourite!! honestly, there were beautiful leaves at 8 am and by 6 there were threads of stalks!!! cheeky monkeys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henny penny Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 I have rhubarb plants with very lacey leaves- they have had a good go at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
