Foods Chickens Should Not Eat

Chickens are great eaters. This means they will eat virtually anything. Besides treats, they also love to wander around the garden in search of bugs, plants, and juicy worms. Here are some of the foods chickens should not eat.

Dried beans are known to cause serious illnesses and even death for chickens. Although kidney beans are the worst, any other bean which has not been properly cooked is potentially harmful to the chickens

Raw or Dried Beans

If you want to feed your chicken on avocado, make sure you give the flesh in moderation. But to be on the safe side, don’t give them.

Parts of Avocado

Green tomatoes and green potatoes contain toxins known as chaconine and solanine. Both of which are found in the flesh, the peels, and the sprouts.

Green Tomatoes and Green Potatoes

Although some molds are good, some are not.  For instance, penicillin was developed from mold and some cheeses are injected with mold.

Molds

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