Periwinkle myrtle (Vinca) in the run

[joebryant]

I am getting ready to enclose a large area of myrtle (vinca) groundcover for my run. I know that the chickens will undoubtedly destroy it all, but is it possible that it could destroy the chickens too? Should I spray it to try to kill it all before I enclose it? I'd rather not spend my time digging it up; that'd be a BIG job for someone who's laziness personified. Maybe I could get Anne to dig it up if it has to go.

 

[CATRAY44]

From what I read on a poultry care website, the entire plant contains hallucinogens.

< http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html#V > (I hope is ok to post the link.)

 

[joebryant]

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Thanks, I just found this too:
http://www.sdturtle.org/Plants that Poison.htm

Me thinks its gotta go. !@#$# One would think that I have enough to do! There's so MUCH of it back there. Anne planted it there, seems reasonable to think that she...

 

[joebryant]

WHY ME, GOD?

 

[CATRAY44]

And periwinkle is such a happy sounding plant, lol. We have it everywhere too...

 

[d.k]

* I have a little of it. All I do if I don't want it someplace, I just yank it out. ONE advantage of havin' a sand yard, I guess. Wish other stuff was as easy. TRADE you vinca for 7 ft. tall honeysuckle, Joe. . .

 

[dacjohns]

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No wonder it's found in many old cemeteries around here. Sweet dreams for the inhabitants.

 

[joebryant]

d.k :

TRADE you vinca for 7 ft. tall honeysuckle, Joe. . .

Oh, no, no, no, no, a thousand times, NO TRADE. Anne is AT THIS MOMENT out cutting down and spraying Japanese honeysuckly that has taken over the border tree line of out property. Starting last fall, she and I have cut down thousands (literally) of Japanese honeysuckle. It's worse than AWFUL.​

 

[d.k]

* Tell me about it!!! I use a pair of loppers to cut down short, then yank the 16 inch root out of the ground. Hate to say it, but it's also the only place in the yard where I've used Round-Up and gladly, yet even that only seems to keep the stuff at bay for a short time.

 

[spook]

This is interesting. I have it growing where the chickens have access, for the past 2 years! So far, so good, BUT, it may explain why my girls are happiest out of their enclosed yard!