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What plants are your chickens eating?

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ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 10:01

Debated over whether to put this in chicken keepers or gardening....

Would be good to compile a list of experience over what plants your chickens eat,so I know what mistakes not to make!

My latest mistake was begonias -which are,apparently,delicious!

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TheCountessofFitzdotterel · 16/08/2015 21:44

Mine used to eat my rhubarb leaves.
They also stripped a rose bush of all its blooms.

ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 21:46

I'd forgotten that!!!
I had very few flowers on my roses and came to the conclusion the chooks were eating the buds.

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Shallishanti · 16/08/2015 21:50

rhubarb leaves???? aren't they poisonous?
mine LOVE any lettuce/brassicas that have gone to seed- they are well penned in so don't get a choice of anything else!- only what I deign to chuck over the fence!

ThatBloodyWoman · 16/08/2015 21:52

Gawd.
Mine get nowhere near the veggies!

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EekBarbaraitsaDalek · 22/08/2015 07:55

Mine have devoured as many of my dahlias as they can reach.

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