Are Celery Leaves OK?

[max13077]

My mother just cut up a head of celery. There are a bunch of leaves etc left over. Are they OK to feed?

 

[lisahaschickens]

I'm not expert but I would think it would be fine and they'd love it. Celery is pretty harmless stuff and it is not on the "DO NOT FEED" list. I would go for it, but maybe wait until you get a few more responses from other people. If it were mine, I wouldn't hesitate.

 

[Chicken03]

I wouldnt think that celery leaves would hurt them. I give my chickens lettuce leaves and other greens and they love them.

 

[deenamr]

Mine love celery and the leaves. When giving them celery I pull the strings off before I give it to them.

 

[colby318]

Celery is yummylicious! They will thank you. We avoid citrus and potato products. We go by the rule of thumb that if it's in a V8, they'll like it!

Colby in KY

 

[max13077]

Thanks folks. They're scarfing them down as I type...

 

[patandchickens]

There are very, very few exceptions to the general principle of "if it's good for you it's good for the chickens too". (Main exception, which isn't *really* an exception, is that people can tolerate quite a lot more saltiness before succumbing to kidney failure than chickens can, so salty foods are not good for chickens even if *you* like 'em).

Sure, feed 'em the celery leaves

Pat

 

[LynneP]

http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

This is a helpful list, too!

 

[Kim_NC]

Ours get celery and celery leaves. They like both, they eat the leaves first though.