Hops Vines/Flowers

[Cindy in SD]

I've been thinking about growing some hops vines for chicken coop shade and am wondering whether anyone knows... would hops foliage or flowers be good for rabbit food? I read somewhere that it's not so good for dogs, but my dogs aren't into green stuff, so I'm not too worried about that. Has anyone here offered hops to their bunnies?

 

[LnD rabbits]

Hops as far as I know are good for rabbits. They even sell hops flowers in some pet stores as a rabbit treat

 

[Skai]

Hops are sedative so might make for some very chilled out bunnies

 

[StonyCreekSilverFox]

I grew hops over my first rabbit set up and my rabbits never ate them. However, if you need shade, these things grow quickly.

 

[urbanfarmgirl]

My rabbits love all parts of the hop plants we give them!

 

[hotzcatz]

So if you feed these plants to your bunnies, you get hoppity buns? Does it change the flavor for folks with meat buns?

 

[urbanfarmgirl]

I haven't noticed that with anything that we feed them. They get all sorts of greens from the yard, including lots of herbs, but I'm not sure that it changes the flavor of the meat at all. They just enjoy snacking on them!