[wine]

are tomatoes bad for chickens ?

[Aunt Sally]

They love tomatoes.  But like everything too much of a good thing is bad.

Welcome to the forums

[Lindeggs]

Hello wine,  ripe tomatoes are fine for chickens.  The rest of the plant is not good for them - if my chickens are foraging around in the garden they will trample the tomato plants  but not eat them.

Did you know tomatoes, potatoes and tobacco are variations on the same plant?  In theory you could graft a potato root, a tomato top and tobacco leaves!     All three of the plants contain similar chemicals which are toxic in high doses.  So green potatoes, leaves of tomatoes, and smoking are all bad for your chickens.  Cooked potatoes ad ripe tomatoes are fine.

[gracie]

Mine only like the inners they leave the skin

[shetan]

 'and smoking are all bad for your chickens.'

just imagining the chooks with ciggies and cigars, telling me to shove off when i go out to tell them its bad for em!

[Lindeggs]

It's the chickens who blow smoke in your face who are the worst!

[Mother-Hen]

I have actually grafted a tomato to a potato plant when I was at horti college. It worked really well. The only problem was that the spud plant matured faster the the tomato. Fun to do though. Have you tried patches to help your chicken to give up smoking? they worked for me and mine

[Lindeggs]

Thanks Mother Hen but mine have already given up.  I made them go cold turkey. 

[Lewjam]

o no... you went there...

lol

[shetan]

made my day....