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[SueSteve]

On Tues night Tilly died. On Weds night Daisy died!!

 

Tilly had been looking unwell for about 2 weeks, but I thought she was perking up this week.

I found mite in the run a couple of weeks ago, she first looked unwell the day after I cleaned out the mite.

 

I wormed them all as a precaution.

 

I am still unsure why she died.

 

Daisy has never been right, soft eggs, and hasn't laid since Feb. went broody, and didn't lay again. But she didn't look unwell!

 

The 5 remaining are fine, well look fine, we have 5 eggs today, so I assume they are okay.

 

The odd one or two mites are found in the cube everyday, but nothing major, and I am trying to keep on top of them.

 

One thing that I need to check out is passion flower, now Daisy and Tilly were both big fans of the passion flower that runs along the fence. I have just read that they contain cyanide, so tomorrow I will remove it completely!

[Plum]

Sorry to hear of your losses there are some lists of poisonous plants in the FAQ section. Problem is they give common american names rather than British. It would be so sad if that was the reason.

[SueSteve]

Thanks,

I cannot find any mention of passiflora or Passion flower in the FAQ or the 3 links on the following post.

They have also eaten wood spurge, but that's not there either.

I might remove the Passionflower as a precaution, esp as other sites have mentioned that it contains Cyanide, and apparently all passion flower fruits need to be tested for Cyanide levels before the fruit is classed as harmless to people and sold in the shops.

[Olly]

Sorry to hear that. It may just be coincidence - you say Tilly had been a bit off-colour anyway. I don't have a passion flower in my garden, but my general experience has been that they seem to know what to eat and what not to eat - and it's unlikely that they were the only two eating it. As you say however, it may be safest to remove it.

[smanners]

So sorry to hear about your girls

Our neighbours have a massive Laburnum tree which spills flowers and seed pods all over my garden. I worried for ages that the girls would be attracted to the bright petals and seeds but they didn't touch it. I think they really do instinctively know what they can and can't eat.

That said they gobble down the clover in the lawn and that's on the no no list

 

RIP Tilly and Daisy {{{{{hugs to you}}}}}}}}