Feeding chickens soybeans?

Yea, that's what I thought. I appreciate your input here. I don't know why anyone would ever want to feed 75% soy to any chicken when it is much more expensive than corn, millet, and others. But as a way to raise protein levels, I can't find better than soybeans.

The only scientifically researched articles that I have found say that the soybean/isoflavones/phytoestrogens worry is a myth and not based in reality but probably started with some online blogger that was better at making a catchy looking website than thoroughly researching a given topic. And you are correct! The blog world is a trash dump of anyone wishful to make money off of advertisers as an at-home "job", even if they have to scare people to do so.

Meanwhile here are some scientific articles about the matter easily found online. Thanks again.
http://www.dana-farber.org/health-library/articles/eggs-from-soy-fed-chickens/

http://articles.extension.org/pages/67352/feeding-soybean-to-poultry
 
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Nope no scientific information, wish i did. You know it's a garbage dump out there when you actually would like a few actual facts, only enough to scare you nothing more. The bitter yolk phenomena takes a very large amount of soy to produce, I'd wager the hens diet would at least have to be 75 percent. I've seen it one time, and that hen had been sustaining on hog rations. :)

No Way! I just noticed! You're in Berea? I'm in TR. huh. Small world.
 
.... I've heard raw beans are poisonous to chickens, but would it be fine to feed them boiled soybeans to boost egg laying and help with molting?

NO!! The toxic portion of the soybean is in the oil. The bean needs to be ground, cooked, pressed, or the oil chemically extracted to make it safe. I am not saying that feeding soybeans will kill a chicken but they do cause digestive distress. You may ever have to stand over your flock with a 12 gauge shotgun to "COAX" them into eating raw soybeans. Chickens are reluctant to eat anything that is detrimental.
 
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