Greens Help

[frias]

My ex-batts eat anything I give them and anything else in the garden they can get their beaks into. Couldn't believe it when they ate the fresh horseradish. When I made horseradish sauce it was so hot made my eyes water. I usually only cook the potatoes, anything else they eat raw. They really love satsumas but then I was told they shouldn't have citrus fruit. I think grapes and corn on the cob are the favourites though.

[Gardenwitch]

Silly question why is it bad to give citrus fruits to chickens?

[MaureenHall]

Silly question why is it bad to give citrus fruits to chickens?

Dunno, mine have a bit of orange occasionally, and a bit of lemon if there's any in the salad stuff that comes with the take-away. Not done them any harm, but I wouldn't overdo any one particular treat anyway.

[frias]

I don't know why either. I read it somewhere. I'm just careful now of only giving small amounts of treats. My lot have eaten their way round the garden and nothing seems to have harmed them anyway.

[Snadger]

well so far my bunny doesn't like pineapple ........ but she loves broccoli plants and carrots and beetroot leaves

Don't find many pineapples growing on Watership Down Lynda!

[Snadger]

........................ Couldn't believe it when they ate the fresh horseradish. When I made horseradish sauce it was so hot made my eyes water.............................

I'm sure the horseradish flavoured eggs will do wonders for mayonaise!

[lynda66]

yeah well the only way mine resembles any off watership down ....... are when the evil ones come out, anyway, i had just skinned a pineapple ...... she might have liked it

[steelsy]

ours love some greens - well I say that they will eat anything but peas - they pick around the peas and eat everything else!!! Picky little monkeys!