Have an Elderberry Tree near my coop.

[TLCCHICKS]

We are building a coop for our 25 new chicks. There is an elderberry tree very close to their run and coop. I was just told that the leaves are toxic to chickens. Anyone have info on that?

 

[redoak]

I found this on http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html

ELDERBERRY (Sambucus spp.); entire plant; plant is cyanogenetic and may contain toxic levels of nitrates.​