Feeding pears

[denabry]

I've heard the pear seeds contain arsenic. I currently canning pears and wanted to give the left overs to my flock. Is it safe?

 

[CrazyTalk]

Yes, it's safe.


Yes, pear seeds contain cyanide, but there's just not much there. To poison yourself, you'd need to save up a couple of bushels worth of seeds, grind em up to a powder, and eat them all at the same time (and not eat anything else). It would take less to kill your birds, but you're not accidentally going to do it.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Poisoning is about dosage. They physically can’t eat enough pear or apple seeds to get enough arsenic to harm themselves.