potato peels?

[Clay Mudd]

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My chickens haven't noticed they've been eating toxins for years. I always toss my kitchen peelings/scraps to the chickens.

Clearly, they haven't seen the Official Treat Chart.

 

[Cloverleaf Farm]

Those who have fed raw potato peels have been lucky. The potato plant is one of the deadly nightshade family, and raw peels are indeed toxic both to animals and people.

 

[loanwizard]

Gosh I didn't know it was dangerous. The chickens fight the hogs over it lol!

 

[SteveBaz]

They like the potato better than the peels LOL

 

[Ridgerunner]

From Snopes

http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/potato.asp

Potato peelings are fine as long as they are not GREEN. It does not matter if they are cooked or not. I don't know why it gets so confusing. Green potato skins are dangerous to people and chickens. Potato skins that are not green are not dangerous.

It is the uncooked or undercooked beans that are dangerous, not the uncooked potato skins.

Even then, one bite won't kill them or you. It takes a certain amount to do damage. I don't worry about them getting an occasional uncooked bean when I clean out the garden and put the garden debris in the compost heap. But if I shell a bunch of dried beans and wind up with a lot of rejects, I do not dump large quantities where they can get to them.

 

[gale65]

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That "Chicken" chat has been proven incorrect, incomplete, and misinforming more than one time.

Chris

Bears repeating

 

[Evelle]

well darn
i didnt know uncooked potato skins were toxic i feed mine sliced potatos all the time.... nothings happend

 

[Chris09]

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That "Chicken" chat has been proven incorrect, incomplete, and misinforming more than one time.

Chris

Bears repeating

Time and time again.

Chris

 

[Chris09]

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Potatoes are in the Solanum Family along with tomato and eggplant should we stop eating/feeding them raw also?

Chris

 

[Clay Mudd]

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Potatoes are in the Solanum Family along with tomato and eggplant should we stop eating/feeding them raw also?

Chris

Come on, you've been here long enough to know that if you're going to feed eggplant to your chooks, it should be lightly breaded, then sauteed and topped with Hollandaise sauce. A nice Riesling is optional, but preferred.