grape are among the most nutritious delicious fruit that you can give to your chickens as they contain many nutrient that poultry need
however, this fruit is causing a great controversy whenever it comes to feeding grapes , as it raise some red flags among pet lover
there are two teams discussing this topic over a decades each team rely on some based scientific fact to prove their statement team are aginst giving grape to chickens as this fruit can kill a dog cat and cause some serious health problems to hamsters that can lead to death in severe cases
for chickens it’s little diffrent they claim, however it still poisonous to them not as much as it’s deadly effect to dogs and cats, however it can affect their overall health and productivity
the other team saying that this fruit is nothing but safe fruit to chickens actually its among the safest fruit that you can give to them unlike many vegetables like onion garlic some green skin veg like tomatoes potatoes even some fruit part like apple seeds leaves vines some fruit pits apricot plum..etc
no part of this fruis is bad this fruit is the perfect treat to poultry , we just need to make sure to wash grapes as any fruit or vegetablesas grape skin can contain some pepticides
grape is a good source of so many micronutrient vitamins and minerals with little to non macronutrient content especially if we compare it to bananans for example.
riboflavin:
is among the nutrient that poultry need one of the water soluble vitamin that have some important role in metabolizing fat carbohydrate and protein into energy and amino acids which are building muscle muscle feather peak …etc
riboflavin is also important vitamin for growth its deficiency can lead to whats know as curly toe paralysis
it can also affect chickens productivity as it reduce FCr feed conversion rate what can lead to productivity problems death of embroys hatchability problems.
it can have a great impact on skin condition as its deficieny cause dry skin and feel rough it also
chickens can develope fatty liver when they are riboflavin deficient as some studies shows the accumlation of fat in poultry liver.
pyridoxine or vitamin b 6 :
is an important vitamin for poultry nervous system as it produce some of chemical that transmit nerve signals between neurons. it also have an imporatnt role in improving poultry mood by releasing and production of seretonin
brain developement and improve its functionality a deficiency of this vitamin can lead to nervous spasm.
it also have a crucial role in improving appettite it’s deficiency can lead to poor growth poor feed consumption which can result in poor growth productivity and many problems related to malnutrition
luckily the deficiency of this vitamin is unlickly to happen it rare among poultry.
grapes are among the highest with manganses content wich is very important for bones cartillage as its important nutrient for bone tissue developemnt that’s why some chicks suffer from cartillage and bone problems
fertility produtivity and nutrient absorption.