Potatoes For Chickens?

[fancyflea]

Just wondering if potatoes are ok for chickens and if I can give raw or should it be cooked??

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Cooked is fine. Raw is ok in small amounts, but raw potato starch is hard for non-ruminants to digest. I give mine potato peelings all the the time, but not buckets full of them.

 

[gritsar]

There's few things my chickens like more than a big ol' bowl of leftover mashed taters. Love sweet taters too.

 

[Luke0987654321]

i give potatoe peeling all the time, they love the stuff
and they are addicted to left over mashed potatoes

luke.

 

[Ohhhdear]

Potatoes and their peels, raw or cooked are just fine for chickens.
However, GREEN peelings and potatoes should NEVER be fed to animals or people; compost them only. The toxic chemical solanin gets concentrated in the green bits.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Agreed. Original poster, have you seen the BYC Treats Chart?