Nuts of any type are one thing that is not recommended for chickens. Chestnuts contain a high amount of tannin. This can upset the beneficial bacteria in their digestive tract.
Dogs love to chew on horse chestnuts. Rodents such as squirrels & chipmunks are the main animals that really eat horse chestnuts.
it can eat you
No because their teeth are too small and they can't chew it
Meat. They will also resort to egg-eating and cannibalism if their diet is deficient.
Anything that can be food for a human can be food for a chicken. Chickens can eat plums. Keep in mind that they have preferences just like us. Just because they can eat them does not mean they will eat them.
I can find nothing that says that sweet chestnuts are at all dangerous in pregnancy, so if that is your craving, go ahead. Incidentally chestnuts are no relation to peanuts and others which may cause allergires in susceptible families.
No they aren't. But sweet chestnuts are.
No they aren't. But sweet chestnuts are.
Yes, chickens would love those.
True chestnuts, yes. But they are not to be confused with Horse Chestnuts, which are not usually consumed.Chestnuts or chestnut stuffing are a traditional Christmas accompaniment to turkey in England and France; French Marrons glacés are an expensive sweet delicacy; in many European cities in winter you will find people roasting chestnuts in a sort of barrel or drum and then selling them.
Spent some time there and can't say I've seen or tried them. There are two (2) types. Sweet chestnuts (American, Chinese, European and Japanese - 'sweet chestnuts') and bitter ("horse" or "corker") chestnuts. Other than by taste the best methods I know to identify is: sweet chestnuts are larger and "corkers" DO NOT have the point on the top where it is detached from the stem. They ae flat topped.
no,chestnuts are still a type of nut
Yes, they do, they absolutely love them. They will eat Chinese Chestnuts before most any other available food, super high in protein, they are large, offer high yields relitively easy to digest and are very sweet--deer candy!
Conkers (Horse Chestnuts) are inedible, possibly toxic to everyone.
Foxes do eat chickens, given the chance.Yes
Chickens eat grians,some wheats and corn.
Dogs love to chew on horse chestnuts. Rodents such as squirrels & chipmunks are the main animals that really eat horse chestnuts.