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got some really cheap potatoes at the supermarket

becuase they're starting to go green

do they lose the green colouration quicker with higher or lower
temperatures?

Once they've gone green they won't lose it again.

They do, once they've been in the dark long enough. Whether they lose
the solanine is another question entirely.
My understanding from books is that if green tattas are kept in the
cool and
total darkness, they should return to normal. However, I haven't tried
this!

My mistake! I must always have thrown them out before they recovered
:-)

I boil green potatoes and give them to my chickens.
I have rare breeds but recently got 3 ex-battery hens - they go mad for
anything that isn't layers meal. They jump up to the jug in my hand to see
what's in it.
It will be layers pellets, a bit of mixed corn, veg peelings and maybe a
pear or apple or even a cabbage for them to pick at.
If anyone has a chance to rescue chickens from a battery and has room for
them, please do it. They will be minced up for chicken pies if you don't.
My 3 are laying like mad.