Are dahlias okay for chickens to eat?

TinyPliny

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Is it safe for chickens to eat dahlia petals? I googled, but have not gotten too much information. I have not found anything that says dahlias are harmful to chickens, only that they likely would not like them. I have an abundance of dahlias at the house and thought I'd give it a try since my little poopers go nuts over marigolds! Thank you!
 
Well, I'll be. I had typed a response stating that dahlias are not edible. Turns out I was wrong!!!
https://www.thompson-morgan.com/edible-flowers

All dahlia flowers and tubers are edible.
  1. Dahlia – Flavours range from water chestnut and spicy apple to carrot.
I realize this is an older post and probably won’t be answered but there is nothing in that link specific to chickens eating dahlias that I found. I too have a large dahlia garden and would love to feed them the clippings and blooms but can’t find a solid yes or no that chickens can eat them!
 
I'll let you know if mine get sick. They were eating the leaves just now. I personally do not like the smell of old dahlia flower petals.
 

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