PLANTS POISONIOUS TO POULTRY

[lynnehd]

by grape vine do you mean the ones with grapes or the wild ones that take over trees. Im not sure what grape vine is. Good suggestion btw. I did transplant some honeysuckle over their other run but it has not started growing yet cause i had cut all the vines off and it has not had much time to adjust to new spot. I can pluck it out anytime. also the wild american ivy I have some of that growing on a trellis area. I did not plant it I think the birds did.

I have a 'Table Grape' vine, just one, in my backyard. I believe it is the Canadice table grape.
I cut it back hard every Fall to 18-24 inches. It takes off in the Spring and would cover the side of a coop.
(cutting it back hard means less grapes, but I'm growing it for the leaves for tortoises and chickens, as they are rich in calcium).

 

[flaflocker]

I'm looking for information about shiso (perilla frutescens) also known as beef steak plant. It is a type of mint that grows in purple and green varieties. It grows wild in the US but is regarded as a weed. Apparently it is commonly eaten in Asia but is said to be toxic or fatal to grazing animals (cows & sheep). I haven't been able to find information about shiso and chickens. Since the leftovers from my garden go to the chickens I don't want to plant something that would harm them.

I do know that birds can eat things that would make humans sick. Here in Florida, migrating robins stuff themselves with Brazilian pepper seeds and apparently get high/drunk as they may fly into solid objects afterward (which can be fatal). So I guess that makes them toxic to birds too.

 

[sd38-2]

I am new to keeping backyard chickens an i have two plants of concern. First is the creeping charlie, my yard is full of it and my chickens have eaten it with no ill effects. Whats the problem with creeping charlie?

The other plants i have a question about are my Hop plants. I know they are toxic to dogs but what about chickens?

 

[SunriseChickers]

We have the American Hemlock plant here. What to do? How poisonous is it to my girls?

 

[sharvc]

true they are talking about the seeds
rubarb is the seed heads ( which are bery big on the plants) but my chickens never ate the leaves of my rubarb and my water from the washer ran on my rubarb patch so we had rubarb all summer as long as I took the seed heads off of it
the seed heads of rubarb are what is poisonious to chickens

Clover and alfalfa greens are not harmful to chickens just seeds of these

Do you ever use Clorox in your laundry? I’m asking because we are building a house and I’d love to have the washer drain out onto the garden!!! So the soap doesn’t hurt???

 

[Alagirl]

Do you ever use Clorox in your laundry? I’m asking because we are building a house and I’d love to have the washer drain out onto the garden!!! So the soap doesn’t hurt???

chlorine does eventually break down.
However, and I am speaking from experience here:
You do want to drain your washer into a leech pipe underground or the rather strong stream will erode the ground where you drain it to. Even with gravel.
And remember that the recommended amount of soap is from the manufacturer to sell the most detergent to you. Cutting this in half usually works well still.
and bleach eats your clothes if you are not careful.

 

[ErrandsEtc]

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Plants Toxic (poison) to Poultry, Listed by Common Name ... May 31, 2004 ... Raising pure bred chickens, bantams, guinea fowl and quail in Central Texas. ... Plants Toxic to Poultry - by Common Names ...
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Plants Toxic to Poultry - by Common Names
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) NOTE CURED HAY MADE FROM ALFALFA IS NOT TOXIC
American Coffee Berry Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis L.)
Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis L.)
Bull Nettle (Solanum carolinense L.)
Bracken or Brake Fern (Pteridium aquilinum L.)
Burning Bush see Fireweed
Buttercup (Ranunculus spp.)
Carelessweed see Pigweed
Castor Bean (Ricinus communis L.)
Clover, Alsike & Other Clovers (Trifolium hybridum L. & other species)
Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium L.)
Creeping Charlie see Ground Ivy
Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii)
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus L.)
Daffodil (Narcissus spp.)
Delphinium (Delphinium spp.)
Devil's Trumpet see Jimson Weed
Dogbane (Apocynum spp.)
Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.)
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis L.)
English Ivy (Hedera helix L.)
Ergot (Claviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.)
Fern, Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum L.)
Fireweed (Kochia scoparia L.)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea L.)
Ground Ivy (Glecoma hederacea L.)
Hemlock
Poison (Conium maculatum L.)
Water (Cicuta maculata L.)
Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
Horse Chestnut, Buckeyes (Aesculus hippocastanum L.)
Horse Nettle (Solanum carolinense L.)
Horsetails (Equisetum arvense L. & other species)
Hyacinth (Hyacinth orientalis)
Hydrangea (Hydrangea spp.)
Ivy
English (Hedera helix L.)
Ground (Glecoma hederacea L.)
Poison (Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze)
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema spp.)
Jamestown Weed see Jimson Weed
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc.)
Jerusalem Cherry (Solanum pseudocapsicum L.)
Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium L.)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica (L.) K. Koch)
Kentucky Mahagony Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Klamath Weed see St. Johnswort
Lamb's Quarters (Chenopodium album L.)
Lantana (Lantana camara L.)
Larkspur (Delphinium spp.)
Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria majalis)
Lupine (Lupinus spp.)
Mad Apple see Jimson Weed
Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum L.)
Milkweed, Common (Asclepias syriaca L.)
Mint, Purple (Perilla frutescens)
Nicker Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Nightshade (Solanum spp.)
Oleander (Nerium oleander L.)
Ohio Buckeye (Aesculus glabra Willd.)
Philodendron (Philodendron spp.)
Pigweed (Amaranthus spp.)
Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum L.)
Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze)
Poke (Phytolacca americana L.)
Purple Mint (Perilla frutescens)
Redroot see Pigweed
Rhododendron (Rhododendron spp.)
Rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum L.)
Squirrelcorn (Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.) see Dutchman's Breeches
Staggerweed (Dicentra spp.) see Dutchman's Breeches
St. Johnswort (Hypericum perforatum L.)
Stink Weed see Jimson Weed
Stump Tree see Kentucky Coffee Tree
Sudan Grass (Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Hitchc.)
Summer Cypress see Fireweed
Thorn Apple see Jimson Weed
Tulip (Tulipa spp.)
Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata L.)
White Snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum Hout.)
Wild Onion (Allium spp.)
Yellow Sage see Lantana
(data from the Veterinary Medicine Library, University of Illi

Are chickens good at not eating what they shouldn't as they forage?

 

[ChaosMom]

Are chickens good at not eating what they shouldn't as they forage?

Most of us have found this to be so, as long as they are well-fed, meaning not desperate.

And desperate might include having plenty of quality feed on hand, but instinctively needing something green in addition, and they've pecked dead all the plants in their run, and a leaf of something is poking through the wire to where they can reach it.

But otherwise, when mine are out "yard-ranging" (can't literally free-range where I live), I see them take a peck at something like a daffodil leaf, maybe even spit it out, and move along.

So just make sure that wherever they forage, there are plenty of healthy plants.

Edit to add: This ^^^ is what is called "anecdata" - what other people have experienced, but not necessarily back up by peer-reviewed, controlled experiments. It doesn't mean that one particular bird might not go nuts and eat something awful, and possibly get sick and die. The humans get to figure out our risk tolerance for Stuff, and let the chickens work out the rest of it.

"anecdata" = anecdote (something your sister's hairdresser's ex-boyfriend's former roommate told them) + data (something rigorously tested, verified by other tests, and generally accepted

 

[Bawkbok]

Our young pullets came upon the spent honeysuckle flowers on the ground recently, put their beaks on it and then spit it out or chose to go the other way. They seem to know at a young age without anyone showing the way. I trust nature.