Celery ?

[Taterrtots]

I was trying to read up on celery, since it is left off many lists of treats for chickens. I found this bit about long pieces of grass interesting, sometimes I give my chickens long pieces of grass. Did I overlook something? Is that a bad thing? I always thought it was cute to watch them eating them, it sort of reminded me of spaghetti.

 

[LosGatosLinda]

I ran a bunch of celery and carrots through the grating disc of my cuisinart this morning and my 8-week old girls chowed it down.

I worry about giving them anything to stringy that might get impacted in their crops - so I grate things like this.

 

[pdirt]

I was trying to read up on celery, since it is left off many lists of treats for chickens. I found this bit about long pieces of grass interesting, sometimes I give my chickens long pieces of grass. Did I overlook something? Is that a bad thing? I always thought it was cute to watch them eating them, it sort of reminded me of spaghetti.

It's not generally a good idea to feed them loose long grasses. It is possible for it to get stuck in their crop. If you watch them eat while free ranging, they tend to nibble little pieces of grasses...grasses which are secured on one end by a root. Grass that has been cut or uprooted, these they will often swallow whole because they can't tear off a littler piece.

If you cannot free range them but want to feed them greens, dig up a clump of grass and give them the whole thing. In a day or two the whole clump will likely be gone.

 

[HorendoRevolver]

do you have Pirrahana Pullets ???????

 

[wcbpolish]

My chickens and guineas love celery.

 

[Daddy Gene]

Never feed chickens celery. It plays havoc with their digestive system.

 

[sherri63sc]

Can chickens eat raw celery ? I thought of chopping this up with the green from the stalks and feed it to them . Will this hurt them ?

they can eat it but because they do not have teeth they can't chew it and it my all get stuck in their crop... this has happened

 

[WildnCrazyChick]

I gave my chickens some celery AFTER I read this post, I had it chopped because I know they can't eat anything too big...been giving them romaine and shredded carrots as snack and never thought it would harm them...read an article saying it would kill them, cried a long time...I will be sure not to give them any more celery - there wasn't much - maybe 8-10 pieces total for my 8 birds....maybe cooked celery is better? I had some of that that I took out of a ham stock but decided to throw it all away, including some ham bits and cooked onion and garlic....