Can I feed my chickens table scraps with sauces?

[Skatedude53]

I have some salad but it has dressing in it. Is it ok to give to them? It's a blue cheese vinigerette

 

[mickey328]

As long as it's more salad than dressing, it's likely fine. It's good to avoid things that are overly salty or fatty but otherwise, most stuff is fine and much appreciated

 

[Skatedude53]

What about apple seeds?

 

[mickey328]

They're mildly toxic, so best to remove the seeds before giving them the fruit.

 

[donrae]

I think they'd have to eat pounds and pounds of apple seeds before having any ill effects. I give my birds all the scraps---cores and peels--from making applesauce. My son eats at least one apple a day and the cores always go to the flock. No problems.

 

[hollys chooks]

My neighbour had some leftover salad the other day and asked if the chooks wanted it. I said they probably wouldn't eat the lettuce but tipped it on the lawn for them to have a go at. Turns out my new girls love lettuce, or else they love the dressing, they ate the lot. But the oil from the dressing killed a patch of grass. Of course if I cared what the lawn looked like I wouldn't have a flock of chickens roaming about on it.

 

[donrae]

My neighbour had some leftover salad the other day and asked if the chooks wanted it. I said they probably wouldn't eat the lettuce but tipped it on the lawn for them to have a go at. Turns out my new girls love lettuce, or else they love the dressing, they ate the lot. But the oil from the dressing killed a patch of grass. Of course if I cared what the lawn looked like I wouldn't have a flock of chickens roaming about on it.

How flippin' much dressing does your neighbor put on a salad?

 

[hollys chooks]

How flippin' much dressing does your neighbor put on a salad?

She is from Greece. Lots of olive oil. The chooks like it.

 

[MsBrenda]

If the oil dressing had vinegar in it, that is what most likely killed the grass. I use vinegar to kill weeds and grass and it works great!