Packing peanut

[laurianne]

My Ameracuana hen just ate 2 small packing peanuts (smaller than a mini marshmallow) before I could stop her. She found them in the yard (thanks neighbors). What should I do?

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

She should be fine it should be small enough for it to exit her crop because my chickens eat hole mice and plus my chickens ate who knows how much insolation out of there coop

 

[User395221]

Were they polystyrene? Over here, they have ones made of corn. My dog ate some, without ill-effect.

 

[laurianne]

I'm not sure. I was able to grab the last piece before she got it.
Seemed to be the normal styrofoam?

Were they polystyrene?  Over here, they have ones made of corn.  My dog ate some, without ill-effect. 

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Not to be rude but they were her neighbors packing peanuts so how would she know hope I wasn't rude or anything

 

[User395221]

I'm not sure. I was able to grab the last piece before she got it.
Seemed to be the normal styrofoam?

Have you still got it? If so, wet a piece. The bio-degradable corn ones dissolve. Also, if you have enough to smell it, they smell like corn chips.

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

I wasent rude was i

 

[User395221]

I wasent rude was i

nah, it was a valid point, but luckily laurianne has a sample. Also, she could speak to the neighbours. If they are the bio-degradable corn ones they might have chucked them over the fence on purpose (NOT ok, but they might have thought they were doing something ok)

 

[Chicken Egg 17]

Ya i did not think about asking the neighbors in the first post she sounded like they did not get along to well

 

[laurianne]

Ya i did not think about asking the neighbors in the first post she sounded like they did not get along to well

I don't think they intentionally put the peanuts in the yard. I think it was carelessly put in the garbage can and the wind got a hold of them.