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Quinoa Fed To Chickens

post #1 of 12
12/1/07 at 9:34am
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My wife brought home some quinoa which we fed to our chickens for the first time. Quinoa is an easy food to prepare, we cooked it in a rice cooker, it has a pleasantly light, fluffy texture when cooked and its mild, slightly nutty flavor makes it an excellent alternative to white rice or couscous. We added quinoa to some rice and crumble the chickens liked it but not as well as the rice which is still their favorite.


Edited by Barnyard Dawg - 12/1/07 at 12:31pm
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post #2 of 12
12/1/07 at 10:54am

Is it a grain, like rice?

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post #3 of 12
12/1/07 at 11:07am

quinoa is YUMMY. expensive to feed to chickens. feed to me, please. cool

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post #4 of 12
12/1/07 at 12:34pm
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My wife uses it for baking I'am not that familiar with it, it is like millet.

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post #5 of 12
12/1/07 at 12:52pm

Did you have to rinse your quinoa?
I have 1/2 a bag left over from a recipe I made and I was thinking of feeding it to my chickens, but the bag I have says that you should
"rinse quinoa thoroughly to wash away any naturally occurring bitter tasting saponins.  Saponins are soap-like substances that occur on the outside of the quinoa grains.  It is believed they are put there by nature to deter insects and birds."
I was afraid the girls either wouldn't eat it or I would poision them!

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3 hens - Zelandia(Australorp), Butter(Delaware), Lavender(EE bantam) 1 Pullet - Pixie (Silkie)
RIP Honey
Check out my chicken blog! http://dustbathladies.blogspot.com/
Lots of chickens, crafts, canning and gardening!
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post #6 of 12
12/1/07 at 4:41pm
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We always wash our rice and quinoa even though some people don't.

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post #7 of 12
12/1/07 at 11:26pm

Its a really great source of protein, one of the only complete vegetable sources.

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post #8 of 12
12/2/07 at 1:07am

Amaranth=quinoa=loves-lies-bleeding are all the same plant.  Use the leaves when the plant is young,the seed heads,what can I say,pull the roots and roast by the fireside to make prairie coffee.  It's a pretty plant and it can grow tall.

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All y'all take care!!
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Carugoman's Corollary to Murphy's Law: "If you push hard enough...it will fall over thus requiring additional design, work, time and expense."
Started out with 9 hens, 2 roos and a flock of 16 macaws and other conures...now have 300+ yardbirds + 22 conures!
All y'all take care!!
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post #9 of 12
12/2/07 at 7:58am
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We grow Amaranth in our garden and feed it to our chickens, you can pick the leaves and they keep coming back.

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post #10 of 12
7/26/12 at 4:22am

Right.  It's a seed and not a grain....very nutritious.  Solves the gluten and wheat allergy problem for a lot of people.  Should be washed...it's the outer part that's bitter. I use in lieu of rice in recipes sometimes and instead of bulgar in tabouleh.   I'm sure good for chickens...but not cheap!

 

5/12: 15 BO's, 3 WL's, 1 recalcitrant BCM Roo aka 'Boaz'. (Yes beloved Adam, my chickens may bump me off for a worm but I'd never bump you off for Buffy 'n Scruffy)  Mittens 17 1/2 y.o Tortoise-Shell Calli with "tortitude" (never too late to start loving cats). And Hanna-girl, NSDT, best dog ever, resting peacefully since 4/12. We miss you, baby-girl.  "Hooked on Chickens"... and gratitude.

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5/12: 15 BO's, 3 WL's, 1 recalcitrant BCM Roo aka 'Boaz'. (Yes beloved Adam, my chickens may bump me off for a worm but I'd never bump you off for Buffy 'n Scruffy)  Mittens 17 1/2 y.o Tortoise-Shell Calli with "tortitude" (never too late to start loving cats). And Hanna-girl, NSDT, best dog ever, resting peacefully since 4/12. We miss you, baby-girl.  "Hooked on Chickens"... and gratitude.

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