Alis girls Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 No not a chicken called ivy - the plant. OH and I are working on WIR and there are a lot of ivy plants not in run but around - will chickens eat it and if so will they die? I ask as when I got my Omlet girls they pulverised my rhubarb leaves and someone on Omlet said it was poisonous - thankfully they survived. Dont they know what will harm them and what won't or am I being stooopid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Mine mostly ignore the ivy that is creeping in from my neighbours garden. They did munch on my tomato plants, with no ill effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggshell Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 My chooks have pecked at the odd bit of ivy without coming to harm - not sure how much they ate and how much they dropped again, but they were fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I have ivy growing wild from my next door neighbour and its all over my back fence and the girls don't take any notice of it. I think they are pretty good at deciding what is good for them or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 Thanks for replies - wild birds eat berries and things poisonous to us and dont die. I was worried sick the orignal 3 girls would drop dead after munching thro rhubarb. Try explaining that to people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosecork Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Well my 3 have eaten tonnes of the stuff and are thriving! They pick all the leaves off, so killing it, then scratch up all the long roots - once we realised this we fenced them under the bushes now and then and they have completely cleared it. Result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
