I wasn't sure where to put this... oak tree question.

[DreamsInPink]

I recently read that oak tree leaves and acorns are poisonous to chickens. Not good. I have a large oak tree in my back yard. While the run isn't overly close to it, I did notice some dead leaves in the area that is going to be their run.

So, now what?

Do they know enough not to eat them?

 

[0wen]

I can't imagine them foraging enough acorns to hurt them if they're foraging in general and/or being offered standard feed.

 

[DreamsInPink]

Thank you for that extra information! The funny thing is, I don't really remember seeing the acorns. Just the leaves in the back yard. Will they avoid the leaves?

 

[0wen]

I doubt they'd eat bulk oak leaves. Likely more apt to dig at them to reveal what's beneath them (grasses, worms, insects, etc) than take much interest in the leaves themselves.

 

[DreamsInPink]

Ok, thank you! That makes me feel a lot better...

 

[gatrapper]

My chickens free range and they are always in and around oak leaves and I have had 0 problems. They scratch through the leaves for worms, grubs, crickets, etc I have never seen them eat a leaf.

 

[DreamsInPink]

Awesome news! Thanks so much!!