Please tell me these aren't poisonous!!

[saddlesore]

No idea what my horse is eating here, he seems desperate to eat them when we are out hacking and today he did a sneaky dive into the hedge row and uprooted this gigantic bunch! Any ideas?

 

[Django Pony]

Looks like cow parsley to me (although I'm no expert!). Should be fine - cow parsley isn't poisonous. x

 

[firstponyMinto]

yep...cow parsley...our ponies love it!

 

[Cuppatea]

cow parsley. Horses love it, its not poisonous so dont worry!

 

[SuperCoblet]

Looks like cow parsley to me... Which is good for them! I don't think they will touch anything that's bad for them, they are very clever animals you know!

 

[jinglejoys]

Cow Parsley,full of goodness listen to him sometimes

 

[Oberon]

It's in it's tasty phase at the moment and they're loving it.

 

[saddlesore]

Phew!! Thanks, there were 3 of us out and one was worried that it might be poisonous. I said I work on the assumption that he's not daft enough to eat anything harmful but you know what they say about assumptions to thought I'd best check!!

Thanks x

 

[ladyt25]

Yeah cow parsley, let them have it as it's not about for long!

 

[saddlesore]

Yeah I don't mind him having a much when we're out. Upsets the more enthusiatic hacking horses though lol - they want to get going whilst he's busy parking himself at a hedge!!

 

[Hairy Old Cob]

Horses are not that clever I once saw a horse out Hunting with the Pytchley grab a mouth full of Yew down the back drive at Holdenby and was dead fairly soon afterwards!!

 

[FanyDuChamp]

Looks like cow parsley to me (although I'm no expert!). Should be fine - cow parsley isn't poisonous. x

This, my lad loves it!
FDC

 

[monkeybum13]

My horse goes mad for cow parsley, she has loads in her field hedges.

The lanes are like equine drive-thru's at the moment!

 

[jinglejoys]

My horse goes mad for cow parsley, she has loads in her field hedges.

The lanes are like equine drive-thru's at the moment!

Love the drive through idea (Alhough I do wonder what people are taught nowadays when they don't recognise a common weed...sorry OP if you don't ask you won't learn will you,well done for asking)

 

[RubyFrench]

Hahaha I'm so glad you asked this question as I was just about to! My Toby LOVES this, and yep it is cow parsley. He is such a plod on hacks but he rushes toward these whenever he sees them! Bless!

 

[JenHunt]

cow parsley - ours love it. It is related to celery and fennel and has an aniseedy taste. Apparently.

 

[ChestnutConvert]

Mine doesn't eat it when we are out but he will happily takes chunks of tree branches and hedges. I do worry which ones are poisonous or upsetting, will have to read up somehow.

 

[saddlesore]

Well my boy is most defo a fan!

Jinglejoys, don't think I can claim to have been taught 'nowadays' as I've been riding for over 25 yrs still didn't have a clue lol!

Still, my dad always always says better to ask a question and look foolish for a moment than to remain ignorant for the rest of your life