Chickens ate tomato vines, 3 dead - questions

[CityChook]

I'm really sorry to hear about your chickens. I had no idea that tomato vines/green tomatoes were toxic, so know that posting about your loss will help others in the future.

 

[lurky]

I'm sorry for your loss, and i thank you for posting about it. It does seem alot of us learned from this. Most everyone has at least a couple tomato plants to worry about.

 

[dlhunicorn]

Quote:
Sounds like you're thinking of the flush for botulism:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=219553&p=2

Not the same as a plant toxin, of course.

I think the misinformation concerning the epsom comes from its use in lead poisoning... I would not also not combine antibiotic with it (or anything else for that matter) unless you are very sure there are no contra-indications (in other thread the person is giving AB in combination with epsom for suspected Botulism > I do not believe the Epsom to be of any value with botulism). From the american Board of Veterinary Toxicology:

"....“Antidote” by definition is a remedy to counteract a poison. However, there is no consensus on where the term begins or ends. Classically speaking, an antidote acts specifically to prevent,
counteract, reverse or relieve the action of a toxicant, i.e. the exact dose of poison counteracted by the same exact dose of antidote leads to no deleterious effect. But, contemporary usage of
the term antidote usually refers to any substance that prevents or relieves the effects of a toxicant. Antidotes, like toxicants, are potentially harmful and should not be used indiscriminately; for as Paracelsus stated in the 18th century, “All substances are poisons; there is none which is not a poison. The right dose differentiates a poison from a remedy.”
http://www.abvt.org/public/docs/reviewofveterinaryantidotes.pdf​