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Chickens eating potato plants
I'm not particularly bothered what happens to the plants, we have tonnes of
potatoes growing, but I'm a bit worried that hte chickens are munching through what I had assumed are poisonous plants, put up as a barrier to stop them coming down the steps. Can chickens eat potato foliage or should I remove them? (I always thought they had one of those "know not to eat them" things about them, but they were also eating bluebells, which I think are also poisonous) -- |
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Chickens eating potato plants
On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:53:53 +0000, vicky wrote:
but they were also eating bluebells, which I think are also poisonous) poisonous to mammals poisonous to birds |
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Chickens eating potato plants
Derek Turner wrote:
but they were also eating bluebells, which I think are also poisonous) poisonous to mammals poisonous to birds Not /necessarily/ poisonous to. Which is why I'm asking for confirmation. |
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On 29 Jun 2011 14:06:16 GMT, wrote:
Derek Turner wrote: but they were also eating bluebells, which I think are also poisonous) poisonous to mammals poisonous to birds Not /necessarily/ poisonous to. Which is why I'm asking for confirmation. I don't know if your chickens would class themselves as "exotic" but the following link relates to exotic birds and indicates that the foliage of potatoes and other plants is poisonous. Hope this helps. http://www.exoticbird.com/toxicfood.html |
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They do eat some weird things though, we have ivy growing all the way down one side of our chicken run and they love the stuff and have cleared all the leaves off to around 18" high!! Just goes to show.
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Chickens eating potato plants
wrote in message ... I'm not particularly bothered what happens to the plants, we have tonnes of potatoes growing, but I'm a bit worried that hte chickens are munching through what I had assumed are poisonous plants, put up as a barrier to stop them coming down the steps. Can chickens eat potato foliage or should I remove them? (I always thought they had one of those "know not to eat them" things about them, but they were also eating bluebells, which I think are also poisonous) -- Both plants will not do them much good. I would advise removing your chickens from where the plants are. You cannot always rely on their intelligence, the phrase "bird brain" was not coined for no reason. Having said that, they *do* often know what or what not to eat but I would not allow mine to eat potato haulms or any part of a bluebell and if they did, I'd remove them from where they could. Hope this helps. Tina |
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Chickens eating potato plants
On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:18:25 +0200, Martin wrote:
I await the potato plants eat chickens thread. The way the modern world is, I'd sometimes welcome an outbreak of triffids -- Bob Harvey OETKB |
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Chickens eating potato plants
Martin wrote:
poisonous to mammals poisonous to birds Not /necessarily/ poisonous to. Which is why I'm asking for confirmation. Are they dead chickens? Not /yet/. I await the potato plants eat chickens thread. :-) |
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Chickens eating potato plants
Christina Websell wrote:
Both plants will not do them much good. I would advise removing your chickens from where the plants are. The potato plants are in pots, so it's easier to remove the plants. :-) I'll find another way of barriering, looks like this isn't ideal. Thanks. |
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