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Yes it is OK to eat the eggs....the poison of the rhubarb leaf is not transferred to the egg. The chicken will not eat many, it will get wise to the fact it is not good to eat rather quickly.
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Will rhubarb hurt chickens if they eat it?
My hens love the rubharb and have eaten it all up this year ( I had it penned in before to keep dogs from peeing on it). While they haven't died, their eggs are extremely fragile and break under the weight of the hens since they've eaten the rhubarb. Rhubarb leaves have "oxylic acid" in it in high amounts. Same as spinach and chard, only in lesser amounts. Oxylic acid leaches calcium out of the body, which is why your teeth feel "raw" after eating spinach and/or chard, cooked or worse, raw. I hardely ever eat them, and prefer kale and collard greens as they don't have this problem. Kale and collards actually provide a digestable form of calcium. I'll be sure to keep my rhubarb penned in from now on! Geri A few bites shouldn't hurt the chicken. Usually, but not always, if a chicken takes a few bites from a plant that is bad for it, it will feel alittle ill and remember not to eat that one again. Actually the rhubarb might be the one in danger, as the leaves get large, the chickens will find it a nice place to get shade, hide under and begin to to scratch and peck under it until it is ruined.
What type of breded hens lay eggs?
All hens lay eggs.
Do boy hens lay eggs do boy hens lay eggs?
There is no such thing as a "boy hen". Hens are female chickens.
How do hens take care of their eggs?
on sitting on them Hens on a farm lay eggs into straw and the hens sit on the eggs until they hatch. Hens in large chicken farms do get to have such a luxury. The chickens' eggs are kept under heat until they hatch.
Why are hens kept in cages?
So they don't run away, or get eaten by wild animals. Although my hens are only in at night, its very tme-consuming running around three acres, looking for eggs. as, if they are outside a lot, they tend to lay eggs out side a lot.
Do boy hens lay eggs am trying to say do boy hens lay eggs all year?
Hens are mom chickens and roosters are dad chickens. Only mom chickens, hens, lay eggs. They lay eggs all year.
What are battery eggs?
Eggs from battery hens, i.e. hens that are kept in cages (known as batteries) where several hens live together in one cage. These hens cannot roam freely as free-range hens can.
How many eggs will sixty hens lay in four weeks?
You want your hens are to the age of laying eggs (which is about 6 months), and your hens are under the age of three years (because when they reach this age, they are past their prime, and lay less eggs). Expect from your hens that every day 80% of the number of hens will be your number of eggs. So with this math, if you have 60 hens that are all in their prime, you can expect to get about 1344 eggs in four weeks.
Two hens lay 2 eggs in 2 days how may eggs in ten days with ten hens?
uhh.......... 100 eggs.
Are the eggs you eat from chickens or eggs?
They are from CHICKENS OR HENS because an egg can not produce another egg. (They are hens not chickens.)
Can hens lay eggs without roosters?
Yes they defiantly can :) I have 3 Hens no Roster here and we get eggs daily
Are hens born with all their eggs?
No. All chickens do not lay eggs, only hens.
