Can chooks eat onion?

[elizajay]

Mine have pruned my wallflowers.

[Glutton4...]

This evening, mine had some slices of Ham that were past their best - ber-limey you should've seen them! It was like a Six Nations Rugby Scrum I wondered if there were any Rugby scouts in the area, but couldn't see any. LOL

[Flummery]

A friend in the village threw a couple of old cooked sausages out to his. They attacked them - we suspect they thought they were snakes!

[frias]

I came home from a holiday to see purple poo in the run. My neighbour had give the girls a red cabbage and they loved it. If left to free range I think almost anything in the garden is fair game.

[gillian62]

Mine love pumpkins, squash etc and go mad for the seeds too.

[Jardiniere]

Mine like parsley - I found that out when all I could find of my herbs was some stalks! They don't do tarragon though which is a shame cause it goes well with chicken

Polo

That is so funny.............

[frias]

Never heard about onions being bad for dogs. Any meaty stew leftovers end up as dog food (usually in 'flavouring' quantities) and I can't remember any signs of it being a problem.

When my mum got her guide dog she was told not to give her onions or grapes as they were bad for dogs. Grapes must be OK for chooks though as they stripped my vines last year.

[Polly Fouracre]

Onions in huge quantities would be bad for dogs and humans but in "normal" quantities will do us nothing but good so I dare say this applies to chickens as well. I give mine garlic to help control worms and have never had any problems.
I believe you would have to eat many pounds of onions a day to cause any ill.

[frias]

I've just Googled onions and dogs and all I've read does suggest onions are very bad for dogs in any quantity. Most say garlic is OK though. Googling onions and chicken is altogether different as it's mainly recipes that comes up! However the one website I did find says onions and garlic are fine for chooks. I think it's all down to different digestive systems.