QUESTION about sweet potato peels

[MrsSmitho]

Howdy all

I know I read about potato peels and how they aren't safe for the birds

Didn't I read if you cook them, they are OK?????????

Anybody know about sweet potato??????

THANKS in advance

 

[CK Chickadilly]

Yes, I would like to know too cause I just bought a huge sweet potato for the chickens & thought I would hang it for them like the cabbage.

So is the sweet potato ok for chickens?

 

[CK Chickadilly]

I just did a little research on tubers, you cannot feed a chicken any tubers unless they are cooked. Kind of just like the legumes. They are primarily starch & vitamins & less than 2% protein.

 

[MariposaMama]

I read the same thing about feeding them raw, but I can tell you my crowd really likes cooked sweet potato. I baked one for myself the other night and took them the leftovers in the morning. They ate every scrap including the peel.

 

[geareduplyn]

I used to buy bins of sweet potatoes in the central valley and shred them for my goats. My chickens ate a much as the goats. Never entered my mind that they would be deterimental.

 

[CK Chickadilly]

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That is good to know, I bought one huge sweet potato just for the chickens & wanted to hang it, good thing I read about it first. I suppose I could still bake it & hang it, if it doesn't fall apart.

 

[Wifezilla]

With the sweet potatoes being only 33¢/lb right now, I would try baking it. I guess you could put it in a mesh bag if you are worried about them falling apart.

 

[lilarabookworm]

cool

 

[NYREDS]

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If you did it w/o any resulting problems apparently they weren't detrimental!

 

[CK Chickadilly]

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An onion bag or maybe a suet basket would work. It's worth a try!