Hello, I have a lot of plants around my ducks’ pen and they absolutely love laying in them and nibbling on them. They love eating the geranium flowers I have planted. They also love to lay in the fern and merigolds planted their. Are these plants safe for them?
Welcome to BYC! Before I plant flowers I do a google search flowers that are toxic to birds. http://www.google.com/search?q=flowers+that+are+toxic+to+birds&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
I've found that my ducks leave the poisonous plants alone, which includes my irises, tulips, and there's some bindweed (morning glory) in the field.
Disclaimer - I have no idea how factual it is, so please do find second and third sources before assuming it's toxic or not toxic. List of Toxic Plants - Click to Open https://www.birdsandmore.com/toxic_plants.html TOXIC PLANTS & FOOD LISTING Bird Lover’s Beware! ~ Here is a list of some of the more common plants that are poisonous to birds, dogs, cats, equine and other domesticated livestock as well. This list is not comprehensive by any means so please use common sense. Plants that are listed as poisonous to humans and other animals should absolutely be considered deadly to birds. Please make sure that these plants are removed from your bird's surroundings for their safety. Animals do not have the enzymes required to process some foods so things that may be OK for humans to eat (chocolate, avocado, alcohol, caffiene and carbonated drinks, etc) are very deadly to your companion birds. Please see our Healthy Bird Diet listing for more info on a proper diet for your companion birds. A Acacia Aconite Aconitum Agapanthus Alder Almond (seeds & leaves) Aloe vera Andromeda Amaryllis (Naked Lady) Angel's Trumpet Apple (seeds) Apple leaf croton Apricot Arrowgrass Arrowhead Vine Asparagus fern Atropa belladonna Australian Flame Tree Australian Umbrella Tree Autumn crocus Avocado (fruit & pit) Azalea B Baby's breath Baneberry Beans -castor, horse, fava, broad, glory, scarlet runner Bird of Paradise Bittersweet nightshade Black locust Black nightshade Black Snakeroot Bleeding heart Bloodroot Blue-green algae Box Elder Boxwood Brachen fern Branching ivy Buckeye Buckthorn Buddist pine Burdock Butter beans Buttercup C Cactus Caladium / Elephant Ear Calla lily Camel bush Camphor tree Canary bird bush Candelabra cactus Cannabis Carolina jessamine Caster bean Castor oil plant Cassava Cedar Ceriman Chalice Cherry (seeds & leaves) Chinaberry tree Chinese evergreen Chinese magnolia Chinese popcorn / tallow Chinese snake tree Chlorophytum Cocoa plant – (chocolate) Choke cherry Chockcherries Common sage Christmas berry Christmas rose Cineraria Clematis Cockleburr Coffee tree plant Coriander (cilantro) Corn cockle (seeds) Corn lily Corn Plant Cornstalk plant Cow bane Cow cockle Cowslip Crocus Croton Crown of thorns Cuban laurel Cycads Cyclamen D Daffodil Daphne Darnel Datura nightshade Day Lily Deadly nightshade Deathcamas (black snakeroot) Delphinium (larkspur) Devil's ivy Dumbcane (Diffenbachia) Doll’s Eye Dracaena (dragon tree) Dutchman's breeches E Easter lily Elaine Elderberry Elephant’s ear Emerald feather English ivy Euonymus Euphorbia cactus European Bittersweet European holly European spindle tree F False flax False hellebore Fan weed Felt plant Fiddleneck Fiddle-leaf fig Field peppergrass Fig (Weeping fig) Firethorn Fitweed Flame tree Florida beauty Four-o-clock Foxglove G Garlic Geranium German ivy Giant Hogweed Gifblaar (Dichapetalum cymosum) Glacier ivy Golden Chain tree Golden Pothos Greaseweed Ground cherry H Halogeton Heaths Hemlock Henbane Hibiscus Holly Honey locust Honeysuckle Horsebrush Horse-chestnut Horse nettle Huckleberry Hurricane plant Hyacinth Hydrangea I Indian Laurel Indian Pea Indian rubber plant Iris Ivy J Jack-in-the-pulpit Japanese Show lily Jatropha Jequirity Jamestown weed Jasmine Jerusalem cherry Jimson weed Juniper K Kalanchoe Kalmia (Mountain Laurel) Kentucky coffee tree Kidney beans (uncooked) Klamath weed L Laburnum Lantana Larkspur Laurels Leucothoe Lilies Lily of the Nile Lily of the valley Lima beans Lobelia Locoweed Lords and ladies Lupine M Manchineel (Hippomane mancinella) Mango - (fruit okay: not wood or leaves) Marble queen Marigold Marijuana Matrimony vine Mayapple Meadow death camas Mexican breadfruit Milk vetch Milkweed Mistletoe Mock orange Monkshood Moonseed Morning glory Monstera Mother of millions Mother-in-law tongue Mountain laurel Mountain mahogany Mushrooms (amanita esp) Mustards Myrtle N Narcissus Nectarine (pits, leaves) Nephthytis Nettles Nicotiana Nightshades Nutmeg O Oak Oleander Ongaonga Onions Oriental lily P Peace lily Peaches (pits & leaves) Pear (leaves & wood) Pencil cactus Pencil tree Periwinkle Peyote Philodendron Pigweed Pitch pine Plumosa fern Poinsettia Poison hemlock Poison ivy Poison oak Poison sumac Pokeberry Poke weed Poinsettias Potato (raw & leaves) Pothos Plum (pits & leaves) Prarie oak Precatory beans Primrose Privet Psilcybin mushrooms Purple foxglove R Rain tree Rattle box Red emerald Red princess Red maple Red sage Redwood Rhododendron Rhubarb leaves Ribbon plant Rosary pea (seeds) S Sago palm Sansevieria Sand Box tree Satin pothos Schefflera Skunk cabbage Smartweeds Snake plant Snowdrop Snow-on-the-mountain Solanum Sophora Sorghum Spider plant Star of Bethlehem Stinging tree Stink weed String of pearls Strychnine Tree (Strychnos nux-vomica) Sumac Swiss cheese plant T Tabacco Tansy ragwort (senecio) Taro vine Thornapple Tiger lily Tinsel tree Tobacco Tomato plant (vines & leaves) Toyon Tulip U Umbrella tree Virginia creeper V Velvet grass Virginia creeper W Walnut (green husks) Water hemlock Weeping fig Wild black cherry Wild radish (seeds) Wisteria White cedar White Snakeroot Witch hazel Woody aster Y Yellow jasmine Yellow oleander Yellow pine flax Yellow star thistle Yew