Is Vinyl Toxic To Chickens

I have two hens that ate all of my rhubarb leaves last year.

Is vinyl toxic to chickens.

As gail damerow says in her bestselling book the chicken health handbook. Real linoleum is a natural safe product with antibacterial properties but i m 99 sure that what you are using is vinyl. 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. Explore releases from toxic chicken at discogs.

Don t give chickens any edible containing salt sugar coffee or liquor. Vinyl is toxic for your chickens. Onions are a poor food to give to chickens because onions flavor eggs. Having said that chickens have been trawling through orchards for years and few have died from eating apple seeds.

Vinyl flooring has a topcoat that helps prevent wear and tear and scratching. Uncooked raw or dried beans contain hemaglutin which is poisonous to chickens. Vinyl pvc is often passed off as linoleum. Raw green potato skins contain solanine which is poisonous to chickens.

I d be concerned that the vinyl might be harmful for the chickens. Shop for vinyl cds and more from toxic chicken at the discogs marketplace. 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. They are still alive but i m not sure what the long term effects may be.

Vinyl flooring is made of 100 synthetic materials. 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. Stapling them down may be a better choice than gluing them as some glue is toxic for chickens see below.

For that reason i went with removable low emissions mats. The large rolls of linoleum or vinyl are better than the tiles. 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.