Planting in my coop

[AZBootsie]

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Thank you Zoma!!

This is the first time I have ever heard of alfalfa possibly being dangerous for chickens. Most of the info I have read make it seem like a perfectly wonderful thing to suppliment with.....now I am not so sure. I am on my way out the door this morning. But, have bookmarked the site you quoted and will give it some serious research before I feed it to my flock again.

For the past 30 minutes or so I was searching the net for a reason alfalfa would be listed as dangerous. Thank you again!!

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

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I thought about grapes, honeysuckle is a big no no in my state, it's highly invasive.

 

[fuzziecreatures]

Never thought of planting on the chickenwire for shade!

 

[Gullygarden]

I have chayote squash on a wire hoop compost bin in my run. They go under it for s.shade and eat the bottom leaves. M y mom likes the squash and I eat the shoots from the top stir fried. that wall of green in the back used to look just like the wire hoop in front. do keep it trimmed or it will spread like honeysuckle.

 

[Animalian]

Depends whether they mean:

the fresh type humans eat,
http://mediaenvironment.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/alfalfa_sprouted.jpg
Perhaps it is because sprouts are one of the most common causes of food poisoning? (because people don't refridgerate them)
Alfalfa has an amino acid called canavanine that can aggravate inflammation... That's the only 'bad' thing I know about it....


If I am correct, alfalfa in america is the same as Lucerne hay here, and they say that hay is bad for chickens in large amounts because the harder stems can cause an impacted crop. So that could be it?