The Poultry Keeper

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

do chickens eat it ,it never normally gets left over but i have a whole pinapple do you think they'll eat it Confused

suz

jaydee67 · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject:

Well if it's going to go to waste, it's always worth a try!

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

that's what i though hate throwing things away ,and if they would enjoy it ,mind you they might have to fight the goats for it or they might all think i'm trying to poison them Rolling Eyes

suz

fenwoman · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:30 pm Post subject:

citru is not really good for them. Too acidic I think. I wouldn't give my chickens pineapple but I wouldn't have fed it to my goats either. Leftover pineapple can be frozen and used in sweet and sour sauce (home made) or pineapple cake etc.

Lisa · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

I don't know. I can't remember ever reading anything that says NOT to feed it... And working on the assumption that most things that are okay for us are okay for them, I would personally give it a go (as part of a varied and mixed diet, of course).

Mine lot would probably look at it with deep suspicion, and then run away Laughing

fenwoman · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject:

I alsways check up first. After all parsnips are ok for humans but mustn't be fed to goats or pigs or horses etc as they cause blisters in their mouths.Chocolate and avocado are fine for us but the latter in particular will kill your chickens. So don't assume that if it is safe for us it is safe for them as this is decidedly not the case and may prove fatal.

Lisa · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

I *have* checked up first - as I said I can't remember *reading* anything that says you can't feed it. Personally I am particuarly interested in home made food for animals (chickens and dogs especially) and I have come across no references of any kind of toxicity to chickens from eating pineapples.

Of course, there is always the possiblity of the "exception to the rule", just as some people have allergies to certain foodstuffs. And ingesting many things, including water, can be harmful if taken to excess. But if we avoided everything that *might* be dangerous, IMHO, we'd never do anything.

If you have any reliable information to the contrary re pineapples and chickens then I'm sure we'd like to hear more...

fenwoman · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

I haven't any more reliable information, nor am I about to search for it since I know that acididc frutis aren't good for most birds I tend to err on the side of caution.
I do avoid anything which might be dangerous when it comes to my animals since it will be my decision what to feed them and if I gave them something potentially harmful and they were made ill from it, I would consider myself an abuser. I don't take risks with my animals health and safety however many I might take with my own.

milkmaid · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7424 Location: isle of lewis

cor i only asked if pinapples would be eatten by chickens Very Happy

,they are fine they never got the pinapple i put it on the compost heap and they had a few pecks on there Rolling Eyes

,mine free range and i'm sure they eat loads of plants that i could never hope to identify Shocked

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suz

Lisa · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject:

fenwoman · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:31 pm Post subject:

I have read somewhere about acidic fruits. On a website I think but it may have been a book. Yu would be very surprised at how similar parrots and chickens are. Their dietry requirements may differ slightly but their basic make up and such are the same and what is bad for one may also be bad for the other.
I tend to work on that principle anyway it makes life simpler. Both need grains, fresh greenery, fruit and veg although one (parrots) hull their grains or seeds. I keep bantams in the bo0ttom of all my parrot aviaries specifically to clear up the spilled seed which they do avidly. This morning I watched one gold laced Sebright determinedly pecking at a brazil nut kernel the quaker parrots had thrown out of their food pot as they don't like nuts.They do the same with peanuts in the shell and the bantams learn to peck the shell open to get at the nuts.