Help! Ate Nightshade!!

[Hanathehappyhen]

My hen was eating weeds in the garden, and just ate a couple leaves of common nightshade. Will it kill her? I have no clue how toxic common nightshade is. Should I try to flush it out with water? Please help!

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

My hen was eating weeds in the garden, and just ate a couple leaves of common nightshade. Will it kill her? I have no clue how toxic common nightshade is. Should I try to flush it out with water? Please help!

Do you happen to have activated charcoal?

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

Do you happen to have activated charcoal?

no.

 

[topochico225]

My hen was eating weeds in the garden, and just ate a couple leaves of common nightshade. Will it kill her? I have no clue how toxic common nightshade is. Should I try to flush it out with water? Please help!

Page 41: http://nacogdoches.agrilife.org/files/2011/03/toxicplants.pdf

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

no.

We'll, there are other things that could help her but I don't know about them. I'll let someone with more experience take over.

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

We'll, there are other things that could help her but I don't know about them. I'll let someone with more experience take over.

thank you

 

[Weeg]

@azygous Any ideas? I will find an article that includes flushes for toxic materials. Its for geese, but I will post it anyway, and maybe I can find one for chickens.

 

[topochico225]

My hen was eating weeds in the garden, and just ate a couple leaves of common nightshade. Will it kill her? I have no clue how toxic common nightshade is. Should I try to flush it out with water? Please help!

Nightshade contains the compound solanine, which is toxic to chickens. It's broken down by cooking it, but since this is a backyard plant, it's not. Is she showing any kind of symptoms of poisoning?

 

[Hanathehappyhen]

Nightshade contains the compound solanine, which is toxic to chickens. It's broken down by cooking it, but since this is a backyard plant, it's not. Is she showing any kind of symptoms of poisoning?

no. She's sitting in my kitchen. She seems pretty normal, she's been drinking lots of water.

 

[topochico225]

You could also try a molasses or Epsom salt flush if you're very worried. She's an adult, right? The molasses flush is 1 pint molasses to 5 gallons water, given for no more than 8 hours. It'll have a laxative effect. Epsom salt flush is 1 tsp salt to a half cup of water, poured or carefully squirted down her throat twice daily for 2-3 days being very careful not to aspirate the hen.
*edited for spelling