Poisonous greens?

[blmack]

I want to bring some grasses and weeds inside for my 3wo chicks to play with and nibble on. Are there any plants that are harmful to them?

 

[BuffOrpington88]

Here is a link that names many poisonous plants.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Poisonous_plants.html
Also make sure you give them grit and cut the grasses into 1 inch long pieces so they don't create crop problems.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Also, rhubarb leaves are poisonous.

 

[OR4-hmom]

I lost a nine month old pullet to rhubarb, She got under the covering and she was gone about 4 hours later. I dug up all my rhubarb and tossed it.

 

[MnKHarden]

I thought I read somewhere that Clover was poisonous to chickens, but I didn't find it on that list. Does anyone know if that is true or not? I know the horses love it so I thought it was strange. Maybe I just read it wrong.....

 

[Remudamom]

I think no on the clover. Our yard is full of it and the chickens are in it all the time.

ETA- you are right, clover is on the list of poisons. I guess my chickens will have to tough it. I can't get the clover out of my yard and I'm not going to stop free ranging. Never had a problem with it though in all my chicken years.