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post #1 of 7
8/6/12 at 3:25pm
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I am new to the site and to chickens. I read on here that you should not feed dried beans to your chickens.

But somewhere else I read to add split peas and lentils to their feed. Is this ok are they not considered beans

for some reason. Let me know. I mix up some of my own food from work. I work at a food coop and we sell a

bunch of stuff in bulk and organic. I dont want to hurt my chickens.

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post #2 of 7
8/6/12 at 3:51pm

"Low levels of trypsin
inhibitors in spring-seeded peas
allow feeding without roasting."

 

from:

http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/ansci/livestoc/as1224.pdf

 

http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/livestock/poultry/bba01s21.html

this one for interest

 

I have read on byc that lentils are ok without cooking but haven't tried it and cannot find a page on them elsewhere on internet right now....

 

Other threads on byc mention cooking lentils....

 

I do feed raw split peas without problems.

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post #3 of 7
8/6/12 at 4:39pm
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Thank you so much for the info.

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post #4 of 7
8/6/12 at 8:04pm
The feed I get has both lentils and split peas in it as well as soyabeans lupine and beans and I have had no problems smile.png
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post #5 of 7
8/6/12 at 8:34pm
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The feed I get has both lentils and split peas in it as well as soyabeans lupine and beans and I have had no problems smile.png


http://msucares.com/poultry/feeds/poultry_soybeans.html

I assume your soybeans are roasted.

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post #6 of 7
8/7/12 at 11:09pm
I would guess so, the company that makes it has been making feed for poultry for a while now.
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post #7 of 7
8/8/12 at 6:24am
Any type of pea can be fed w/out cooking. Nearly all soybean sold for feed purposes is roasted, therefore cooked. I'd not feed beans that haven't been cooked in some way. Clarifying what the links say anyway. Read up.

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== Easy incubator wiring chart: http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=65925 Installing a thermostat: http://cmfarm.us/WHTincubator.html
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