Foods chickens won’t eat or need to avoid: Avocados – the peeling, fruit and seed are poisonous to chickens. Chocolate – chocolate especially contains a toxin called methylxanthines theobromine and is poisonous to chickens. Onions – Onions contain a toxin substance called thiosulphate that destroys red blood cells.
Yes, chickens can have tomatoes. It is beneficial to feed tomatoes to your chickens. To avoid any health concerns that may result from giving them green tomatoes, make sure the tomatoes you feed them are ripe. Never feed tomato leaves or stems to your bird.
Yes, those are fine. Chickens can eat eat almost all fruits and veggies. My bantam girls love tomato and lettuce. I believe the “big no-no” with tomatoes is not the tomato themselves but the leaves of the plant, being members of the nightshade family. However, I have read heaps of posts from people whose chickens also eat the tomato plants.
What chickens cannot eat?
Unripe tomatoes and tomato leaves are loaded with solanine and should not be fed to your chickens. However, ripe, red tomatoes are suitable for chickens to eat. Chickens will happily eat the flesh of other chickens, and it’s not necessarily bad for them. Cooked chicken is fine, if a little creepy, to feed to your chickens.
Romain, buttercrunch and redleaf are better choices – they contain some nutrients and are more palatable to chickens. Mine love tomatoes, grapes and melons. I’ll feed them slightly out of date melon and they go crazy for it!!
Another inquiry we ran across in our research was “What not to feed chickens?”.
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Are grapes bad for chickens?
The main “danger” of grapes for chickens is the fact that they are about 81% water. Chickens do not effectively digest and process foods that are high in water content, so too many grapes can cause a few health problems. Fortunately, the most common problems are only diarrhea and indigestion, so it isn’t a serious.
You should be wondering “Can I Feed my chickens grapes?”
Yes, chickens can eat grapes. The fruit, vine, and leaves are all safe for chickens. The seeds are also not toxic but may cause intestinal blockages, and seedless grapes are recommended.