eve Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Hi cut my ivy down this evening and the girls are all over it.is it safe for them to eat?? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I don't actually know, but pigeons seem to eat it OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I read somewhere it isn't as we are getting our coop ready and we have lots of ivy over a tree in the coop. I think chickens are quite savvy to some plants that they cannot eat but here in general was the list I found for poisonous plants. Not sure how accurate it is. Bloodroot Bull Nettle Bracken Bryony Carelessweed Castor Bean Cocklebur Curly Dock Delphinium Fern, Foxglove Ground Ivy Hemlock Horse Chestnut Horse Radish Hyacinth Hydrangea Ivy Laburnum (seed) Lantana Lily of the Valley Nightshade (Also called Deadly Nightshade) Rhododendron St. Johns Wort Tulip Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata L.) Yew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 Girls are fine think they picked alot of bugs off it as still lots of leaves left xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Most chickens haven't heard about that list or decided to ignore it altogether... Mine have eaten: hydrangea, ivy, hyacinth, tomato, fern and anything else green. The only things they don't touch are lavender. Oh and they only plucked all the leaves of the pansies, but not eaten them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 Don't shoot the messenger! I just don't want my birds keeling over within a few hours of arriving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 No problem Emma! Just to say that even if they ate some, they don't immidiately die from it. Of course you should be careful, but you don't have to worry that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmalou Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 I know that cats can have quite adverse reactions to many flowers etc. I am not sure how this affects chickens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
