Poultry Eating Rabbit Feed?

[cherndon712]

Okay, having some issues...My DH accidentally left a whole 50 lb bag of rabbit food in the duck/geese yard that my chickens also frequent. The whole bag is GONE...Will this hurt them? I'm assuming my ducks/geese/chickens all ate it!

 

[okiechick57]

all of my chickens and ducks ate all the rabbit food that used to fall from their hutch.......I have never seen it affect them badly........ but will watch this thread to see if in the future I need be more careful............
hopefully hubby wont let that happen again, mine eat the dog food if I forget to close it........my ducks beat on the container If I do close it

 

[picklespickles]

i would say its annoying but i wouldn't worry about them.

 

[cherndon712]

Well I feed my chickens kitchen scraps all the time. And i guess the ducks/geese weed eat and such...

 

[nccountrygirl]

I mix some rabbit feed in with the layer pellets, the bags says it's made from alfalfa so it's a good souce of green for them.

 

[Picco]

When I had rabbits I would give my chickens layer pellets as a treat and as a source of green food in the winter. They loved it. I have a friend who also feeds her geese rabbit pellets as a green feed for her geese in the winter. A whole bag is a bit much but it should be harmless.