[feelingbroody]

Hello all, my girls are eating my rhubarb leaves in fact there is hardly any left, is this going to be bad for them, I did search on here just in case someone had asked that before but nothing came up so if anyone has any idea I really would be grateful

Thank you

 

[Lewjam]

Well, for the chickens im pretty sure no problems...

Its likely to kill the rhubarb though lol

If you want Rhubarb next year i would fence it off so it can recover over the summer heh

[pigeonpie]

Rhubarb leaves are poisonous to humans but I've no idea about chickens.  If they've been eating it for a while and have had no ill effects then I suppose it is ok.  Our chooks have always left the rhubarb alone apart from doing us the favour of rooting out all the slugs that used to shelter in it's cover.  I guess if it's a problem or if you're worried you could buy some netting from the garden centre (like that which is used to cover fruit bushes) and cover it?  We cover our red and black currants like this to make sure that we get first refusal at the berries, we then let the girls tidy up after we've picked all we want.  Sorry it's not more of an answer!

[feelingbroody]

thank you both, I guess i need to cover up the rhubarb well whats left of it anyway