chives

meterman · « **on:** May 07, 2009, 22:06 »

Does anyone feed chives to their chucks and if so can it taint the eggs.

agingchick · « **Reply #1 on:** May 07, 2009, 22:53 »

I have loads of chives in my garden the chickens don't touch them

Diane

meterman · « **Reply #2 on:** May 07, 2009, 23:24 »

Its almost that time of year when they are in flower when i cut them down to stop them spreading but wouldnt feed incase of onion tasting eggs so compost them

andreadon · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2009, 12:25 »

"feed" chives to the chickens might not be the word I'd use!!

I try to grow chives and thought that they wouldn't eat them, tasting oiony as they do - but lo and behold! all the chives bitten down to the ground.

it doesn't seem to have tainted the eggs, but having said that, I haven't had a chance to eat many this past fortnight because people keep taking them....

Kate and her Ducks · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2009, 12:27 »

My ducks aren't that fussed by the chives but they ate all my garlic greens above the ground and I ended up with garlicky eggs!

Rubellite · « **Reply #5 on:** May 08, 2009, 15:06 »

Quote from: Kate and her Ducks on May 08, 2009, 12:27

My ducks aren't that fussed by the chives but they ate all my garlic greens above the ground and I ended up with garlicky eggs!

Yum - you could market them as a new delicacy!

Garlic egg mayo?

RichardA · « **Reply #6 on:** May 08, 2009, 15:56 »

I worked in the Middle East for a while. Local chickens appeared to be fed on sweepings up from local open air Souk (market), eggs often tasted of onions, grapefruit, banana, chillis, etc. Bit of a lottery -- some tastes we never did identify.
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