onion peelings?

[cluckin tractor]

i have a divided coop and store the onions in the un used side
i peel the loose layers off the onions along with the dry stalk when the onions are ready onto the floor

i sometimes put a chook or two in their when i need to

can the onions do harm to the chooks?

can it be benificial?

 

[A.T. Hagan]

My birds have never shown any interest in onion peelings at all. Nor in fresh onions even when chopped up. Now cooked onions is another thing entire.

 

[CMV]

Here's a comprehensive list of plants toxic to chickens. (A little too comprehensive, as in the list is a little too over the top.) Onions are actually toxic to chickens. I don't know what quantities would prove to be detrimental, however. I have heard/read from several sources that onions are toxic to chickens, so this is one instance that I may not "test the theory" as it has been reported by several sources as being fact.
http://www.poultryhelp.com/toxicplants.html#O

Hope this helps. Good luck.

 

[donrae]

I throw my onion skins/ends etc out with the rest of the scraps all the time. Complete disintrest. I've never seen a chicken even give one a test taste. Dog won't eat them either. My compost is going to be all onion!

 

[elizabethbinary]

I freeze my onion skins and leftovers with my chicken necks for when I make chicken stock. Gives it flavour and after you've collected enough you don't need use a precious whole onion making stock.

My ducks have tried to eat onion skins. He dips them repeatedly into the water and gets angry when they don't disintigrate and then loses interest.

 

[galanie]

Onions always show on lists of things toxic to birds because they are toxic to mammals. But my cockatiel loves onions. I asked my Avian vet and she told me that onions cause symptoms in things like dogs and other mammals but no one has ever shown that onions or garlic (which my bird also loves) are indeed toxic to chickens or any other birds.

My cockatiel says Go for it. It won't hurt them.

 

[cluckin tractor]

i think i might have mis worded the inquiry

i wouldn't feed the peelings i was just going to use them as a litter
sorry everyone

 

[Oh Chicken Feathers]

i have a divided coop and store the onions in the un used side
i peel the loose layers off the onions along with the dry stalk when the onions are ready onto the floor

i sometimes put a chook or two in their when i need to

can the onions do harm to the chooks?

can it be benificial?

Well I understood your question! Mostly because I was having the same question! Lol! But I think in general if we're coming to the conclusion that the chickens are not going to be harmed by nibbling on or ignoring it, that we can safely throw those dry onion skins in there. Now I do like the idea that I'm seeing about boiling up onion skins into chicken stock, but I have a bucket full that are not necessarily clean enough to want to put in food, so I will use those for bedding quite happily!