Black Kale?

[MoveDiagonally]

There’s a sale on Kale but it’s black… Not rotted black. It looks like regular kale, maybe a bit more “crunchy”, and is labeled “kale” at the store. It’s not what you see when you google “black kale” it’s “curly” and the googled kale looks more “flat”. I can nab a picture if none of this is making sense, lol.

Does anyone have experience with this? Is this just Kale in a different color and bunny safe or something else?

[Bam]

A picture would be helpful!

 

I found some pics of rather curly black kale when I googled the word in Swedish. It seems to be an old variety of kale that’s coming into fashion again. It’s supposedly a cross between Savoy cabbage and kale. If that’s what you mean it should be ok for bunnies since both Savoy cabbage and kale are rabbit-safe. I give mine Savoy-cabbage but black kale is very seldom for sale here exept in the Farmer’s Market in the “big” city ( like 60 km from here).

Is this sth like what you mean? (pic above)

[Roberta]

Yep… Just normal kale but a different colour… We get thecurly purple one too but the buns don’t like it as much as the plain green.

[Sarita]

It’s not the same as the other kale but it is kale sometimes called Dinosaur Kale or Lacinato or Tuscan Kale – it’s all I feed my rabbits – I find t easier to store as it’s not all fluffy and my rabbits LOVE it.

It’s the stuff bam pictured.

[MoveDiagonally]

Here’s a pic of it. I suppose “purple kale” might be more accurate?

Sounds like it’s safe though. Thanks guys!

[MimzMum]

I’ve been wondering about this stuff. I’ve seen both the purple and the black (although I don’t think they advertise it as ‘black’ they seem to label it as ‘young’ or ‘organic’) and I wasn’t sure it was safe for the bunnies. :-/
I’ll give it a try when I see it next, Sarita, thank you for the endorsement.

[Sarita]

That is not black kale at all MD. It is definitely the picture bam posted. I think the purple kale is perfectly fine though.

[tanlover14]

Hahahaha, definitely purple kale. My buns LOVE kale but they won’t touch the purple kale. No idea why!

[MoveDiagonally]

Lol, thanks everyone!

I didn’t know black and purple kale existed! I tried it out on the bunnies and the purple kale was a hit. My weirdos like everything.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I never tried purple. My buns love the regular (curly) and Dinosaur kale.

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