Passion Fruit

Kaylee · **Joined:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:37 pm **Posts:** 3

I have a passion fruit vine that has grown inside the chickens coop recently and I noticed yesterday they were starting to peck at the green fruit now I do not know if they are ok for them when they are green like that. Also will it affect the eggs if they eat a few ripe ones also as the drop inside the coop?

4Chicks · **Joined:** Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:36 am **Posts:** 37

I,d say no based on the fact that wild birds mainly cockatoos eat them when green and also ripe. Its also the birds who spread of seed in the bush from which the wild passionfruit grow.
I have passionfruit vines growing around my pen and hope this summer they will spread over the wire to provide shade.

Kaylee · **Joined:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:37 pm **Posts:** 3

Ok thank you for the help, do you think they would tarnish the taste of the eggs?

4Chicks · **Joined:** Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:36 am **Posts:** 37

Yep for sure , passionfruit flavoured eggs :lol:

CASTLECOOP · **Joined:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:44 pm **Posts:** 4

Yep they are fine mine eat them but usually when they are ripe but I have seen them eat them green and no probs and no I have not had the flavor in the eggs well not so far anyway

Kaylee · **Joined:** Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:37 pm **Posts:** 3

Thank you I did like the idea of some passion eggs would be a bit of a novelty

CASTLECOOP · **Joined:** Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:44 pm **Posts:** 4

Passioneggs now there could be a good market for them :lol:

Toscar · **Joined:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:53 pm **Posts:** 1

Thats interesting because none of my chooks will touch passionfruit unless its very ripe and splits open they definantly dont eat the green fruit

hillfarm_girl · **Joined:** Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:06 pm **Posts:** 3

hi peeps, my first post here...

I used to grow strawberries commercially and one day we had new picker who bruised fruit badly.So as it couldnt be marketed I gave it to the laying chooks.

Few days later we had PINK boiled eggs for breakfast.
Don't know if they tasted of strawberry cos the vivid pink turned us off [smilie=a_rolling.gif]

Needless to say chooks enjoyed their strawberry afternoon tea.

RT-Farm · **Joined:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:43 pm **Posts:** 2

With a large orchid and free range hens they can eat any and all fallen fruit and they are very healthy and yes on occasion some eggs are red or have a taste of fruit but that adds to the flavor

AUSTRALIAN POULTRY FORUM™

Passion Fruit

Who is on the Forum