Can chickens eat peaches?

[lunathechicken]

they will eat the wrinkly skin too

Thanks for letting me know I'll keep that in mind for next time!

 

[twilightgecko]

my hens will eat peaches.. i only chunk up HARD foods that could get stuck in their throats.. but a peach? i might just take out the pit and let them have it.. birds get bored and actually like to peck at their food.. hope they enjoy the treat..

 

[rosemarythyme]

Yup the skin won't bother them any. My chickens love peaches and I can usually get imperfect organic ones at a low price. I halve the peaches, remove the pit, and put down the halves. Come back later and no sign there was ever any peach in there.

 

[CapricornFarm]

The pits have a toxic compound in them so i would remove the pits first for sure.

 

[Sutremaine]

Chickens can't get into a peach pit, only peck at the surface. Wrinkly skin is fine too -- if I had a peach with a wrinkly skin and no squishy bits, there wouldn't be much left for the chickens. XD

 

[Frazzemrat1]

My chickens have been getting all of the undersized and worm eaten peaches from my tree. They get them gone pretty quickly

 

[aart]

Sure they can eat them......given too much tho, don't be surprised what comes out the other end

 

[Ridgerunner]

I have a plum tree in the run and peach trees nearby. The chickens get a lot of whole peaches and plums during the season. When I let them out in the morning the first place they run in season is to the plum tree to see if anything fell. They certainly don't need them peeled or chopped up.

I've found peach and plum pits in the gizzard when I butcher. They will eventually get ground down like all other hard foods they eat. Yes, there is cyanide in most fruit seeds like plum and peach pits. But it doesn't kill them. Why? Dosage. There is not enough cyanide in apple, peach, plum, pears or other seeds to harm them.

 

[aart]

I've found peach and plum pits in the gizzard when I butcher.

Do you think that interfered with the processing of foods in the gizzard?
Found a stick(1/4" x 1") in a cockerel(4mo) gizzard, organ was odd shaped/slightly 'deformed' and he was definitely smaller than the other boys.
I would be more worried that a pit might get stuck going down or the sharp point on a peach pit might cause damage internally(but then I think too much at times)

 

[Ridgerunner]

I can help you overthink things if you wish. I've had plenty of practice. I have no idea how long those peach or plum pits last in the gizzard, that wood is really hard on the outside. I was bagging compost yesterday and the peach/plum pits in it had not even started to rot. The ones I've seen in gizzards were fairly new and intact so maybe not as long as you'd think. Sharp points are quickly worn off but yes, they still have to make the internal journey to the gizzard.

I've only seen a few in gizzards but I normally don't butcher that many during plum/peach season. I don't know how common it is for them to swallow a pit but I'd think it's fairly common. The pit did not take up that much room in the gizzard, there was plenty of room for grit and other stuff. I don't starve mine before I butcher them so the gizzard is usually full. I don't think it would interfere with processing other foods in there.