I fed hens moldy tortillas...what should I do?

[nater]

I hate being 'that guy'--the first-time poster with an emergency. But I'm housesitting, never taken care of chickens before, and did something stupid: I fed the hens (11 adults) some slightly moldy tortillas. The lady I'm housesitting for said they basically eat anything, that she uses them almost like a compost, etc. etc., so I didn't think much about it. But then I second guessed myself and found several pages online saying never to feed moldy anything to chickens.

Is there anything I can do at this point? Or just cross my fingers and hope they make it? Like I said, I have no experience with chickens, so I'm clueless and worried. Right now they're roosting on the bars, and seem to be ok. I gave them the tortillas maybe 3 hours ago.

Thanks in advance

 

[MandyH]

They will be fine, just think of it as a good dose of penicillian.

 

[Bubba]

What ever you do don't tell the owner She will put your head on the chopping block!

They should be fine if not there is nothing you can do....

Bubba

 

[kstaven]

And hope they aren't members of this forum and read your post!

 

[barg]

Probably are

 

[SpottedCrow]

We've all made newbie mistakes...don't beat yourself up too much.
I don't feed my girls anything I wouldn't eat myself...
If there was a ton of mould and it looked furry, I would've tossed them out. If there was only a couple of spots, I would've cut them off and fed the rest to the birds...
Could'nt tell I was a mom, huh?

 

[2mnypets]

I second that one SpttedCrow. I would just continue to watch them at this point nater. What will be will be regardless of how we try to will things to happen otherwise. If you have access to some plain yogurt, you might want to give them some. Those active cultures might help counteract anything that "MIGHT" be going on. It definitely won't hurt them in the least. Good luck to you and let us know how things turn out.

 

[nater]

thanks for the responses everyone. They all made it through the night...

So, plain yogurt. Any certain brand or anything to look for? Or just run of the mill stuff?

 

[countrygirl4513]

House special brand, as in generic.

 

[silkiechicken]

They should be fine. My birds sometimes eat the moldy bread that grows after they don't eat it for a week!!! Pesky buggers like to dig through the compost!!!