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While I will agree with your premise that any moldy food is not a good idea and leaving food around--be it leftovers or grain, spices or cat food--where it attracts vermin is also to be avoided, I question some of your other ideas--green beans--no harm, tomatoes are nightshade family and can cause no harm either. I can't think of anything a human can safely eat that is toxic to chickens--including cooked potatoes. My chickens even love to eat fly larva and, if they can catch them, flies. In fact, given the problems of the last year or so in re to pet food, feeding cat food may not be a good idea. I'd also like you to reference me where is says human food, in particular, can cause prolapse. If anything too much grain, especially corn, can cause obesity.
Agreed. Last year I threw the whole tomato vine, fruit and all. They didn't touch the plant but had fun digging through it to find the tomatoes.
I would say you won that bet. Mine get everything we don't eat. I have noticed they don't like raw potato peels but if I have a bunch I will take the time to boil them up then treat them.
People peel potatoes still. When I was growing up everyone peeled them but since going out on my own have never peeled a potatoe. Coming from an above average healthy city by Texas standards (Austin is very health conscious, small town I grew up in on the Texas coast have never heard the word health food or greener healthier living) I quickly learned the peelings have tons of crap we use so I stopped peeling and never looked back. Actually dig peelings now and don't much care for mashed tatters that doesn't have skins.
While I will agree with your premise that any moldy food is not a good idea and leaving food around--be it leftovers or grain, spices or cat food--where it attracts vermin is also to be avoided, I question some of your other ideas--green beans--no harm, tomatoes are nightshade family and can cause no harm either. I can't think of anything a human can safely eat that is toxic to chickens--including cooked potatoes. My chickens even love to eat fly larva and, if they can catch them, flies. In fact, given the problems of the last year or so in re to pet food, feeding cat food may not be a good idea. I'd also like you to reference me where is says human food, in particular, can cause prolapse. If anything too much grain, especially corn, can cause obesity.
Agreed. Last year I threw the whole tomato vine, fruit and all. They didn't touch the plant but had fun digging through it to find the tomatoes.
I would say you won that bet. Mine get everything we don't eat. I have noticed they don't like raw potato peels but if I have a bunch I will take the time to boil them up then treat them.
People peel potatoes still. When I was growing up everyone peeled them but since going out on my own have never peeled a potatoe. Coming from an above average healthy city by Texas standards (Austin is very health conscious, small town I grew up in on the Texas coast have never heard the word health food or greener healthier living) I quickly learned the peelings have tons of crap we use so I stopped peeling and never looked back. Actually dig peelings now and don't much care for mashed tatters that doesn't have skins.
