Hi there,
It's the Kiwi Chick again with another question.
I have realised my chickens have eaten all the leaves off my rhubarb plants. I know that rhubarb leaves are poisonous to humans and the chickens ate the leaves before I knew it was them. (I thought it was the snails and slugs!!)
They seem fine, very healthy and hungry and eating everything in sight...........but I was a little concerned.
Does anybody know if rhubarb leaves are ok for chickens? If in doubt, I have no problem pulling the plants out or at least fencing off the garden so my little girlfriends can't get up there. They have also eaten all the leaves off the cauliflower plants as well and I thought I was doing so well this year growing my veges from seed. I will have to take a more "chicken aware" approach to vegetable gardening.
Cheers for all you help everybody, I've not found anything in NZ that even comes close to this website. Even books on raising chickens aren't as knowledgeable as the people here.
It's the Kiwi Chick again with another question.
I have realised my chickens have eaten all the leaves off my rhubarb plants. I know that rhubarb leaves are poisonous to humans and the chickens ate the leaves before I knew it was them. (I thought it was the snails and slugs!!)
They seem fine, very healthy and hungry and eating everything in sight...........but I was a little concerned.
Does anybody know if rhubarb leaves are ok for chickens? If in doubt, I have no problem pulling the plants out or at least fencing off the garden so my little girlfriends can't get up there. They have also eaten all the leaves off the cauliflower plants as well and I thought I was doing so well this year growing my veges from seed. I will have to take a more "chicken aware" approach to vegetable gardening.
Cheers for all you help everybody, I've not found anything in NZ that even comes close to this website. Even books on raising chickens aren't as knowledgeable as the people here.
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