New Girl Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Are there any vegetables or fruit that are poisonous to Chooks? I have some Aubergine ends and I'm not sure whether to give these to the soggy girls? I think Claret mentioned Potatoes (uncooked) were poisonous? Anything else? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Don't give raw potato in any form (not even raw potato peelings) or avocado. I think all other veggies are OK though. They shouldn't eat the shoots on tomato or potato plants either. Rhubarb leaves are supposed to be poisonous but my hens have been nibbling them for the last 4 years and are still around to tell the tale! I've heard that they are a natural wormer so maybe that's why! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butty Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Hi there Caught mine having a go at our rhubarb but as you say they seem ok. Did I read somewhere that they are supposed to know what not to eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Aubergine ends can be quite prickly, so they might not bother too much. I removed the green bits from our tomatoes which the girls grabbed and pecked greedily then ignored (toms that is) - I think the hedgehog ate the remains. Looking at ours, they seem to do a taste test first and then wipe their beaks on the grass if they don't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 Judging by the tomato seedlings popping up in the joints on our patio, tomato seeds pass through a chicken unchanged! My chooks eat most veg, I gave them a red pepper yesterday that they were very suspicious off but eventaully ate and today I gave them Kohl Rabi - not sure if that's been eaten yet! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I was a bit worried about a big crop of funghi that came up around a tree trunk but they didn't bother with them at all. I guess they have more brains than I credit them with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 I've removed a little clump of mushrooms from just outside the run, just to be on the safe side, but they had completely ignored it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 11, 2008 Share Posted July 11, 2008 well mine keep eating tomato leaves although they're not supposed to! Ditto - they nibbled the rhubarb before I caught them, but that didn't seem to do them any harm, either. I give mine all sorts of veg s"Ooops, word censored!"s - it all vanishes. I blast potato peelings (and anything else that looks a bit chewy) in the microwave or boil them for 10 mins or so. I'm sure they have had aubergine before now. I tend to keep a plastic takeaway box by the cooker and just drop any peelings, tomato cores, carrot ends etc in there so it's ready to take up to the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbey Road Girl Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I don't know if mine actually ate the ivy in my garden (after all the bindweed had been consumed) but it ain't there any more. It's supposed to be poisonous to them. Perhaps they will munch on my yew tree next. My "garden" has been laid bare. After eating the more tender stuff, they have gone after acanthus and fig leaves. Where can I buy bindweed seeds?!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
