Can chickens eat blueberries whole?!

[Farmgirl283420]

Quick question can chickens eat blueberries whole? I always chop them up and am a little tired of it if it needs to be chopped I'll do it but can they eat them whole blueberry?

 

[Chickengirl209]

They can definitely eat blueberries whole. I have had them eating that many times.
I've seen one even eat a small frog whole before. Not that I wanted them to eat it (It can carry diseases) but it was too late by the time I got out there.
(This is with mature chickens, though. I have never tried chicks yet.)

 

[5Australorpasaures]

They have no problem. I get the sorted berries from my inlaws and sling them over the ground, the birds go crazy. Wild birds gobble them right off the bush with no problem.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Thanks this was for grown birds! Also chickens can have blackberries right?

 

[Ridgerunner]

Yes, they can have blackberries. I've found a plum pit in the gizzard of birds I've butchered. The plum tree is in the run and they get what falls. I've seen a hen stand under a grape vine and jump up to pick whole grapes off.

I understand your concern and I consider it a good question since you did not know. You would not want your chickens to get hurt because you were afraid to ask a question. But you don't have to worry about them eating those berries. There is nothing in them that will hurt your chickens.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Yes, they can have blackberries. I've found a plum pit in the gizzard of birds I've butchered. The plum tree is in the run and they get what falls. I've seen a hen stand under a grape vine and jump up to pick whole grapes off.

I understand your concern and I consider it a good question since you did not know. You would not want your chickens to get hurt because you were afraid to ask a question. But you don't have to worry about them eating those berries. There is nothing in them that will hurt your chickens.

Thank you!

 

[Isadora]

Yes, they can eat blueberries whole. If you ever watch a chicken eat something larger like a toad or a mouse, they will rip off hunks of it or if it's possible, swallow it whole. They don't chew their food, just swallow it whole.
And yes, blackberries are fine.

 

[CaliforniaMountainChicks]

Chickens can swallow weirdly large things whole… when my splash Marans was about 6 mo old she swallowed a whole mouse head first.

 

[TXchickmum]

Our chickens help themselves to our blueberries and blackberries. -eat the blueberries whole, and the blackberries in about three bites!

 

[picklestheduck]

Yeah chickens gobble a lot of things whole! One of my hens pecked the cat in the head and stole his mouse one and shredded it and ate it!