Jalapenos?

[mylilchix]

Can chickens eat jalapenos? Will it hurt them? I have a bunch here that we won't finish, and I was thinking of giving it to the girls.

Thanks,
Sonja

 

[Preservation Acres]

I don't know for sure, but we have a plant with lots of peppers on it, and the girls won't touch any of them which is more than I can say about the tomatoes growing on the plant that's right next to it.

 

[mlm1965]

my silkie loves jalapenos, but the cochin will not touch them. I do not know why they are so different. All i can tell you is try it and see. My two will not eat a lot of things that I have seen others eat. They have their own personalities and tastes.

 

[txchickie]

I know that chickens don't have the ability to taste heat or whatnot, but I just would not do it

 

[redbone]

Wouldn't this be a natural defense against internal parasites?

 

[mylilchix]

That's what I was wondering! I was thinking of worming, but was thinking I'd feed them the extra jalapenos and see how their bellies did.

 

[animal nut]

I just gave my girls a whole basket of hot peppers....they did not touch one

 

[wildorchid053]

my parrot loves them but the chickens don't guess they aren't tropical enough for the heat lol

 

[txchickie]

Em...could this also burn coming out the "other end"?

Do they have heat receptors there?

 

[tulie13]

I was thinking that it might burn them, too, PLUS if they are laying eggs, the eggs might taste funny. When I got my birds, my mother-in-law warned me, "Just don't ever feed them radishes - those were the nastiest eggs we had ever tasted. We just threw them away."

I would guess jalapenos might have a similar effect.