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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Dec 18 2010 : 07:47:00 AM
I have cores from two fresh pineapples. Should I cut them up for my chickens or compost them?
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| Lessie Louise |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 7:11:50 PM
Mine eat pineapple, they love any fruit and I have seen no side effects.
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting them in a fruit salad!
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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 5:35:25 PM
I don't think it would hurt them, really. I am sure it is just fine as a treat. Chickens will eat just about anything. Mine ate a whole bush of habenero peppers without batting an eyelid.
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 10:02:35 AM
I have given mine pineapples quite a few times...with other fruit peelings and stuff..not just pineapple. No bad effects and they seem to like it.
Jenny in Utah
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Dec 20 2010 : 06:30:59 AM
Thanks. Interesting stuff too.
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| msdoolittle |
Posted - Dec 18 2010 : 4:03:29 PM
I'd probably compost them. Not that they would be toxic, but they are pretty high in bromelain, aren't they? I mean, it makes your tongue tingle :0P
Interestingly enough, I found this in the pineapple toxicity section from Perdue: "Excessive consumption of pineapple cores has caused the formation of fiber balls (bezoars) in the digestive tract." These are also called 'mad stones' which used to be used to (supposedly) remove poisons/toxins from human wounds! That has absolutely nothing to do with chickens, but I thought it interesting!
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