are hops poisons to chicken?

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p00rstudent

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are hops poisons to chicken?
« on: September 25, 2008, 12:21 »
i am contemplating growing hops next year by which time the chicken run should have been built and i was wondering in an effort to save space if i could grow the hops up the side of the run, but i was wondering if it would do the chickens harm?

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are hops poisons to chicken?
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2008, 12:48 »
Spent hops are poisonous to dogs so I think to be safe I'd not mix them with chickens.

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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2008, 12:57 »
thank you i think i will find somewhere else to grow them then. Would raspberries be ok to grow along the run? i wouldnt have thought raspberries would be posionous.

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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2008, 13:01 »
I should think raspberries would be fine :D

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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2008, 14:01 »
Quote from: "p00rstudent"
thank you i think i will find somewhere else to grow them then. Would raspberries be ok to grow along the run? i wouldnt have thought raspberries would be posionous.


You might not actually get any for yourself of course...
Sue

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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2008, 14:01 »
Quote from: "Aunt Sally"
I should think raspberries would be fine :D


If your girls are like mine, you wont have any raspberries left for you too eat!!

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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2008, 14:02 »
You realise your hens will never speak to you if you torture them with raspberries inches from their grasp  :shock:

You'll need to make sure they can grab the odd one or three  :D

Rob 8)

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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2008, 14:03 »
:lol:

Beat me to it V&R  :D

...and WCF  :D

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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2008, 14:18 »
thats not really a problem as the run is going to be 10m x10m, so i should be able to plant plenty of raspberries for both me and the chickens will probably add sunflowers as well.

is it possible for a chicken to eat too many raspberries or other soft fruit?? can this make them ill? give them the runs or soemthing? they will be running around under a half standard cider apple tree as well so they could potentially get some apple as well.

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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2008, 14:20 »
Ohhh yes it can give them the runs.  Auntie has photos of what came out one of her girls after to much fruit I will try and find it.
Stuart


Dont worry I am just paranoid duckie.

If I get the wrong end of the stick its because I have speed read. Honest.

Blar blar blar blar snorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre.

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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2008, 15:04 »
Ooo yes... too many grapes  :shock:

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?p=266864&highlight=grape%2A#266864

And fallen apples will make them drunk  :drunken:

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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2008, 18:57 »
I have a big tub of hops in my garden growing up a trellis and within reach of my ducks and they have never shown the slightest interest in it (didn't know it could be a problem and certainly not going to start worrying about it now :roll: )
Be like a duck. Calm on the surface but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

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« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2008, 19:46 »
Hop by products have been known to make me ill. :roll:

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« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2008, 23:04 »
Oh Kate  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

It seems as though your ducks are more sensible than Bodger  :wink:

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« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2008, 23:12 »
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Oh Kate  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

It seems as though your ducks are more sensible than Bodger  :wink:


Not much hope for Bodger then!

Never tried the ducks with beer though!

Drunk ducks! That's got to be a You Tube moment!



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