Help! Chicken may have injested brownie.

[DianeB]

I think my hen may have invested a few bits of brownie about a half hour ago. What should I do?

 

[chickenstar]

Are you talking about an actuall canabis brownie? , don't think that whould hurt her , its a natural herb , it may just make her drowsey or sleepy

 

[DianeB]

Definitely not. I mean a regular chocolate fudge brownie. How toxic is a small amount of chocolate to birds?

 

[chickenpatch]

Haha, maybe you need to be a little more detailed in your description next time! So it was definitely a 'chocolate brownie'.

Feed her lots of fruit and veg for the next two days and make sure she doesn't show any signs of sickness. She should be fine

 

[chickenstar]

Sorry just making sure, I honestly have never had one of my birds eat chocolate but my dog once grabed a entire box of chocolate dipped cookies from my counter and ate the whole box, and this was a small dog , nothing at all happened to him so I'm thinking your bird will be just fine , I'd be more worried about caffine products as they may speed up a birds already fast heart rate.

 

[birds4kids]

Our dog got into chocolate years ago and I panicked but then a search proved it would take a large amount, like 4% of his body weight. Do a little searching but I don't think an accidental quantity is a problem, if a chicken had free reign of a pan I would be worried.
Also consider a fairly small amount of the brownie is actual chocolate.

 

[DianeB]

Thanks for the replies. She seems fine at the moment, still has a good appetite and perky.