First time free ranging - Is this poisonous?

[Sunnyabc]

Hi All,

I let my 3 month old girls loose into an open area in the forest (northern ca, mendocino) and they all started devouring this low ground cover plant with tiny yellow flowers. Since I've already had a scare with them going for foxglove and bracken fern I feel so nervous about the suitability of our land for foraging. I have the list of poisonous plants but problem is I DONT KNOW WHAT THIS PLANT IS

Since there wasn't a botany forum I'm posting here. Thank you!

 

[Folly's place]

What plant? No photo here yet.
Mary

 

[Sunnyabc]

What plant? No photo here yet.
Mary

Oops sorry. Check now please?

 

[Folly's place]

Sorry, I have no idea. Try the California thread?
Mary

 

[Sunnyabc]

Oh thank you. How do I find the california thread please?

 

[Folly's place]

Look under social, then 'where am I? where are you?
Then California

 

[chickengeorgeto]

My computer blurred the picture you posted but it looks a lot like a plant called
CHICK WEED.

 

[Sunnyabc]

Look under social, then 'where am I? where are you?
Then California

My computer blurred the picture you posted but it looks a lot like a plant called
CHICK WEED.

Oh my gosh I HOPE SO! I read they love it and went to the nursery to find it but no luck.

 

[GRB73]

I live in Pennsylvania, but that looks like a small- flowered clover I might find in my garden. It's hard to tell because the picture is blurry. Chickweed flowers have 5 petals, and are usually white ( here in PA anyway). Can you bring a sample to a local plant nursery? Sometimes staff can be very knowledgeable about weeds. Or, Google weeds of California. Also, if you are free ranging in the forest, keep an eye out for aerial predators.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

I am in Virginia, but that looks like the plant we have growing all over our yard. We don't have much grass.. just groundcover plants in the backyard. My chickens eat it all the time.