beckyfitz Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Thank you everyone who replied to my post about housing the chickens on dirt. We are still debating where to put the Eglu, in fact I'm thinking of posting a photo of my garden & asking you guys to do a 'spot the ball' thing on the best place for the Eglu! We are not proud gardeners at all, in fact I love having nothing more to look after than grass & an apple tree. Trouble is, we have lots of 'wild' areas in our garden & I don't know if anything will make unsuitable feed for chickens. I know we have a lot of ground-covering Ivy (difficult to get rid of the blighter) plus other unknown shrubs & weeds. Any obvious poisons/dangers I should be aware of? Becky XX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Im not an expert and everyone haas their own ideas on this, but ours seem to know what they can and cant eat........Ours are still here and quite happily laying etc..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm not an expert on poisonous plants as I don't have any weeds/shrubs growing. However, make sure they don't eat doc-leaves or fox gloves. They are highly poisonous and can result in a quick death! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 There are loads of poisonous plants - Ivy, Foxgloves, Bluebells, Yew, Potatoes etc etc etc. The good news is that chickens do tend to be reasonably sensible about that they eat so the chances of them being poisoned by a plant in your garden are very remote indeed. Mine ignore the Ivy, Foxgloves and Bluebells ... and they aren't allowed on my veg patch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutechicky Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Lucky you! Next doors cockeral crows at 3.00AM! You have to get used to it I suppose!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 This list of poisonous plants was posted previously by xChicken04x 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...
Christian Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 You must be good at cut and paste Egluntine, or else a whizz at typing! Mine ignore anything poisonous, they seem to know what not to eat (unlike me). I wouldn't worry too much about it. Good luck with your new girls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Egluntine- You beat me to it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I must say, we have loads of plants on that list (at least some of which would be toxic to our free range rabbit) and I have just taken the view that they will eat what suits and what doesnt... could be wrong, but the rabbit has survived living rough for 4 years now! and the chooks seem ok so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTee Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 A few surprises in that list - thanks for it, but most of all Clover. Also, there is an Elderberry tree overhanging part of our run, looks like that is coming out PDQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milly Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Our chickens pecked the leaves off the clover in our grass and seemed to suffer no ill effects (this was before I saw the list). But it sounds like an American list to me - some of the plants aren't common here at all, so maybe we have different varieties of plants with the same name? We have lots of ivy and elders, but they seem to leave them alone. Milly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Oh dear! Our girls love clover and doc leaves very much with no signs of ill health at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 ours seem to know what they can and cant eat We have some potatoes, and they dont seem interested - oooooh cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTee Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Our chickens pecked the leaves off the clover in our grass and seemed to suffer no ill effects (this was before I saw the list). But it sounds like an American list to me - some of the plants aren't common here at all, so maybe we have different varieties of plants with the same name? Milly I think you are correct Milly. I just Googled the clover variety and it occurs in the States as you suspected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
