Chickens will peck maggots off a rotting carcass
'I'm pretty sure a little avocado isn't going to hurt them
They would need to eat about 20% of their body weight to be affected
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Can I feed mango, papaya, and kiwi peels to my chickens?
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'I'm pretty sure a little avocado isn't going to hurt them
They would need to eat about 20% of their body weight to be affected
We grow Kiwi in our garden and our chickens do eat the fruit and skins but not the leaves. They also love papaya seeds so will probably eat the peels though we put the peels into our worm bin...'cuzz the worms gotta eat too!
Insect larva seems to thrive in avocado shells and my chicken pick larva out of composting avocado shells but they do not eat the shells.
Insect larva seems to thrive in avocado shells and my chicken pick larva out of composting avocado shells but they do not eat the shells.
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I once gave my chickens mango peels, though I don't know if they ate it or not it did not hurt them.
Truds Shaun
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with avocado the flesh is fine...its the skin thats toxic even the trees with horses etc but flesh is fine...
silkiefrizzles
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What about unripe mangoes? Birds started eating some mangoes from our tree so now we can't eat them, would it be ok to feed it to my chooks?
I'd try to ripen them first. It is what I do with our fruit attacked by wild birds. I just pop them on a tray with an over ripe banana and loosely cover for a couple of days.
A feeding frenzy occurrs when I put papaya out, friends down the road swear it helps with reducing parasites found in my neck of the woods. I just know they love it and the mamas always call their chicks over for papaya and mango treats.
jesschicks
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AmyCat98
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I feed kiwi skin to
My chickens and they r fine!!!
My chickens and they r fine!!!
someusername
Songster
I heard that the skin is related to poision ivy, and makes you irritated.
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