Bananas

[Stiggy]

My chickens love bananas , I've never had a problem with it. So I don't think it would be a problem, just don't over do it and that goes with most things

 

[PrimroseMom1]

My chickens love bananas , I've never had a problem with it. So I don't think it would be a problem, just don't over do it and that goes with most things

My chickens love bananas and get a couple a week. I vary their treats. I give them the insides of cantaloupe. I was told the seeds are a natural de-wormer.
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[CrazyTalk]

I have been feeding my girls raisins as treats when i go out to them for bonding time they love them, they also get Kale leaves and whatever bugs get into there coop, I found a torn apart fat tail scorpion in there coop the other day.

Here is the link i was reading it was actually a post from this forum.

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I'm posting this as a possible warning about feeding chickens bananas and asking for information as well. Here's why -

I talked to Geebs yesterday about the sudden death, apparent heart attack, her rooster suffered while she and the 4-H kids were watching him and feeding him bananas. She said he was eating the bananas and then just dropped dead.

Her story reminded me of another that I read here on BYC recently (I couldn't find the thread) but I remember the story was the same - the person was feeding their rooster bananas and he suddenly dropped dead. I remember the responses were "maybe he choked" or "maybe he just had a heart attack".

So I was telling my husband about these stories when he said (and he's a chemist), "probably potassium imbalance". He said you can give a person a heart attack just by giving them a shot of potassium so a banana could quite possibly kill a chicken.

In any event, I have no proof of this theory and certainly don't want to try it out myself but I know in the last few weeks I've heard of two identical episodes so there must be something to it so I thought I would post this as a possible warning to others.

I wish I could find the thread that had the story but my searches are coming up empty.​

This whole post is completely ridiculous. A chicken isn't going to digest a banana anywhere near fast enough to get a potassium imbalance and cause an immediate heart attack. There's not enough potassium in an entire bushel of bananas to kill a chicken either, even if directly injected all at once.



The rooster probably had a heart attack because he was excited that you were feeding him a banana.

 

[Papas Chickens]

This whole post is completely ridiculous. A chicken isn't going to digest a banana anywhere near fast enough to get a potassium imbalance and cause an immediate heart attack. There's not enough potassium in an entire bushel of bananas to kill a chicken either, even if directly injected all at once. 


 

The rooster probably had a heart attack because he was excited that you were feeding him a banana.

Dont be talkin that crazy talk CrazyTalk lol j/k I posted that to see what people thoughts were about it, I feed my girls bananas all the time with no issues.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

Dont be talkin that crazy talk CrazyTalk lol j/k I posted that to see what people thoughts were about it, I feed my girls bananas all the time with no issues.

Bananas all the time. Never a problem.