What Chickens Shouldn’t Eat

I found this extensive list of things that are bad for your chickens to eat on several chicken forums and other online sites. Thought I’d post the list here for all the Chicken Junkies out there. :0)

It’s very important that you know what to watch for around your yard. Wild birds pretty much know what to eat and what not too, but domesticated birds have lost some of that knowledge. It’s up to us to protect our flocks.

What Chickens Shouldn’t Eat

* ARUM LILY
* AMARYLLIS
* ARALIA
* ARROWHEAD VINE
* AUTUMN CROCUS
* AUSTRALIAN FLAMETREE
* AUSTRALIAN UMBRELLA TREE
* AVOCADO
* AZALEA
* BANEBERRY
* BEANS: (CASTOR, HORSE, FAVA, BROAD, GLORY, SCARLET RUNNER, MESCAL, NAVY, PREGATORY)
* BIRD OF PARADISE
* BISHOP’S WEED
* BLACK LAUREL
* BLACK LOCUST
* BLEEDING HEART OR DUTCHMAN’S BREECHES
* BLOODROOT
* BLUEBONNET
* BLUEGREEN ALGAE
* BOXWOOD
* BRACKEN FERN
* BUCKTHORN
* BULB FLOWERS: (AMARYLLIS, DAFFODIL, NARCISSUS, HYACINTH & IRIS)
* BURDOCK
* BUTTERCUP
* CACAO
* CAMEL BUSH
* CASTOR BEAN
* CALADIUM
* CANA LILY
* CARDINAL FLOWER
* CHALICE (TRUMPET VINE)
* CHERRY TREE
* CHINA BERRY TREE
* CHRISTMAS CANDLE
* CLEMATIS (VIRGINIA BOWER)
* CLIVIA
* COCKLEBUR
* COFFEE (SENNA)
* COFFEE BEAN (RATTLEBUSH, RATTLE BOX & COFFEEWEED)
* CORAL PLANT
* CORIANDER
* CORNCOCKLE
* COYOTILLO
* COWSLIP
* CUTLEAF PHILODENDRON
* DAFFODIL
* DAPHNE
* DATURA STRAMONIUM (ANGEL’S TRUMPET)
* DEATH CAMUS
* DELPHINIUM
* DEVIL’S IVY
* DIEFFENBACHIA (DUMB CANE)
* ELDERBERRY
* ELEPHANT EAR (TARO)
* ENGLISH IVY
* ERGOT
* EUCALYPTUS (DRIED, DYED OR TREATED IN FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS)
* EUONYMUS (SPINDLE TREE)
* EUPHORBIA CACTUS
* FALSE HELLEBORE
* FLAME TREE
* FELT PLANT (MATERNITY, AIR & PANDA PLANTS)
* FIG (WEEPING)
* FIRE THORN
* FLAMINGO FLOWER
* FOUR O’CLOCK
* FOXGLOVE
* GLOTTIDIUM
* GOLDEN CHAIN
* GRASS: (JOHNSON, SORGHUM, SUDAN & BROOM CORN)
* GROUND CHERRY
* HEATHS: (KALMIA, LEUCOTHO, PEIRES, RHODODENDRON, MTN. LAUREL, BLACK LAUREL, ANDROMEDA & AZALEA)
* HELIOTROPE
* HEMLOCK: (POISON & WATER)
* HENBANE
* HOLLY
* HONEYSUCKLE
* HORSE CHESTNUT
* HORSE TAIL
* HOYA
* HYACINTH
* HYDRANGEA
* IRIS
* IVY: (ENGLISH & OTHERS)
* JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT
* JASMINE (JESSAMINE)
* JERUSALEM CHERRY
* JIMSONWEED
* JUNIPER
* KY. COFFEE TREE
* LANTANA (RED SAGE)
* LARKSPUR
* LILY OF THE VALLEY
* LILY, ARUM
* LOBELIA
* LOCOWEED (MILK VETCH)
* LOCUSTS, BLACK / HONEY
* LORDS & LADIES (CUCKOOPINT)
* LUPINE
* MALANGA
* MARIJUANA (HEMP)
* MAYAPPLE (MANDRAKE)
* MEXICAN BREADFRUIT
* MEXICAN POPPY
* MILKWEED, COTTON BUSH
* MISTLETOE
* MOCK ORANGE
* MONKSHOOD
* MOONSEED
* MORNING GLORY
* MTN. LAUREL
* MUSHROOMS, AMANITA
* MYRTLE
* NARCISSUS
* NETTLES
* NIGHTSHADES: (DEADLY, BLACK, GARDEN, WOODY, BITTERSWEET, EGGPLANT, JERUSALEM CHERRY)
* OAK
* OLEANDER
* OXALIS
* PARSLEY
* PEACE LILY
* PERIWINKLE
* PHILODENDRONS: (SPLIT LEAF, SWISS CHEESE, HEART-LEAF)
* PIGWEED
* POINCIANA
* POINSETTIA
* POISON IVY
* POISON HEMLOCK
* POISON OAK: (WESTERN & EASTERN)
* POKEWEED
* POTATO SHOOTS/SKINS
* POTHOS
* PRIVET
* PYRACANTHA
* RAIN TREE
* RANUNCULUS, BUTTERCUP
* RAPE
* RATTLEBOX, CROTALARIA
* RED MAPLE
* RED SAGE (LANTANA)
* RHUBARB LEAVES
* RHODODENDRONS
* ROSARY PEA SEEDS
* SAND BOX TREE
* SKUNK CABBAGE
* SORREL (DOCK)
* SNOW DROP
* SPURGES: (PENCIL TREE, SNOW-ON-MTN, CANDELABRA, CROWN OF THORNS)
* STAR OF BETHLEHEM
* SWEET PEA
* SWISS CHEESE PLANT (MONSTERA)
* TANSY RAGWORT
* TOBACCO
* UMBRELLA PLANT
* VETCH: HAIRY/COMMON
* VIRGINIA CREEPER
* WATTLE
* WEEPING FIG
* WHITE CEDAR, CHINA BERRY
* WISTERIA
* YEWS
* YELLOW JASMINE

 

One Response to “What Chickens Shouldn’t Eat”

1. poultrymatters says:

   April 10, 2012 at 6:57 pm

   Wow! Long list. I knew about avocado and a few others. For the rest they are going to have to know themselves. Fortunately, some things like umbrella tree are not tempting to chickens at all.
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