Is Vinyl Toxic To Chickens

For that reason i went with removable low emissions mats.

Is vinyl toxic to chickens.

I have two hens that ate all of my rhubarb leaves last year. They are still alive but i m not sure what the long term effects may be. As gail damerow says in her bestselling book the chicken health handbook. Shop for vinyl cds and more from toxic chicken at the discogs marketplace.

In the past i used scraps of vinyl flooring to protect this wood section of the coop floor but i found it was very difficult to deep clean the stapled in vinyl without it starting to rip and shred. Raw green potato skins contain solanine which is poisonous to chickens. I d be concerned that the vinyl might be harmful for the chickens. It is made up of multiple layers which helps make it a durable flooring option.

Vinyl flooring is made of 100 synthetic materials. Having said that chickens have been trawling through orchards for years and few have died from eating apple seeds. Onions are a poor food to give to chickens because onions flavor eggs. The liquid rubber waterproof sealant is an environmentally friendly non toxic water based coating that contains no solvents or voc s making it ideal product to use in your chicken coop.

When cleaning any area of your chicken coop keep in mind you will need to use some form of liquid to help remove any unwanted substances. Real linoleum is a natural safe product with antibacterial properties but i m 99 sure that what you are using is vinyl. Uncooked raw or dried beans contain hemaglutin which is poisonous to chickens. Rhubarb leaves are also toxic to chickens.

Stapling them down may be a better choice than gluing them as some glue is toxic for chickens see below. The chickens also found it very slippery if they managed to scratch down under the litter layer. The flooring is easy to clean which is essential in a chicken coop. Then today we heard a comment about vinyl flooring letting off toxic fumes and you can t claim your eggs are organic i certainly wouldn t buy eggs from anyone with vinyl flooring we feed only organic and the chickens free range all day.

The large rolls of linoleum or vinyl are better than the tiles. Don t give chickens any edible containing salt sugar coffee or liquor. Explore releases from toxic chicken at discogs.