rhubarb & Chickens

[paulinems]

My girls have cleaned up some of the rhubarb patch ,we have a 1/4 acre but there is still 1/2 of it to do yet, and the rhubarb is now starting to grow through. will it hurt them if the were to eat leaves as i know the leaves are poison for us but is it for chickens or will they know not to touch it
Pauline

[paulinems]

[teresa]

Rhubarb leaves will not harm hens at all, few years ago my hens got to ours and I feared the worse.  :(
But no ill effect and found out on the net that the leaves in fact were a good wormer for hens, and many keepers grew rhubarb next to runs where hens could help themselves.  ;)
My girls left the stalks may be could not reach them so I got my crumbles ha ha.  ;D

[kt.]

Have cut & pasted this into my own top tips file. Will be feeding my hens the leaves from now on come rhubarb harvest. thanks.  ;D

[paulinems]

Thanks teresa,

shall let them finish the cleaning job ,they are doing a good job of it so far.

Pauline