[BigMark]

Hi all
Could anyone tell me if Elderflower bushes are poisonous to Chickens?
Cheers
M

[Foxy]

No idea! wouldn't know an elderflower bush if it jumped out and went boo!
Chooks usually know whats poisonous though, for example daff bulbs and laurel mine dont touch!

[joyfull]

I have a few elder trees growing and not had any problems apart from saplings keep sprouting up all over the place  As for being toxic yes it is on the toxic list (or at least one type of elder is - there are several) be but my hens and chicks don't touch it - the wild birds though love the berries (hence the saplings!!)

[Sarah Mitchell]

Yummmmmmmmmmm elder flower wine in the summer and elder berry wine in the autumn     My Dad's home made stuff could have been used as a WMD!

[poultrygeist]

I think the plant is supposed to be toxic to some degree but the berries are fine.

Good source of vitamins, but they'll have to wait their turn because that wine is on the 'to do' list 

Rob

[Hensington]

Make some elderflower champagne, very easy to do.

[BigMark]

Thanks all, yep wine is why I planted the bush but its in its first year so I will have to wait for a good crop

[janeheritage]

This year's elderflower champagne is way too nice for the chickens to have any 

[agingchick]

I hung up a branch of elderberries last year the girls loved jumping up to get them
Diane

[azubah]

Starlings love to eat elderberries and then poop purple poop all over my car.

[Sassy]

I don't know if it is dangerous to chooks but flies hate the smell of it so it could be used, perhaps out of reach of the hens, to reduce the number of flies this weather is bringing.

[SMD66]

we have an elderflower that was cut low last yr when we were clearing the land.  It has sprouted from the bottom now and is in the run with the hubbards.  They have had a good peck at it for 3 weeks now and are all fine and dandy, so I would say no, probably not