can a chicken who eats gluten producing gluten free egg?
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http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi/Vargas Galdos Dante Miguel Marcial.pdf?osu1236706764
I beg to differ. There are studies that show that the food consumed by the chicken is passed into the egg. It really makes sense. I know that soy passes into eggs. My daughter has severe reactions to soy containing eggs and does fine on those raised soy free. I don't know of any studies specifically showing gluten in eggs, but the above article descibes soy isoflavones present in eggs of chickens raised on soy feed.
Hope that helps.
I beg to differ. There are studies that show that the food consumed by the chicken is passed into the egg. It really makes sense. I know that soy passes into eggs. My daughter has severe reactions to soy containing eggs and does fine on those raised soy free. I don't know of any studies specifically showing gluten in eggs, but the above article descibes soy isoflavones present in eggs of chickens raised on soy feed.
Hope that helps.
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Howdy!
As an owner of registered dairy goats that has my Idaho State Permit to sell unpasteurized (REAL) milk and I raise chickens for egg sales, I do know that wheat, oats, barley and rye passes thru to the products. I have had customers with celiac disease and gluten intolerances. My sister-in-law has this. At the time she told me, she only talked about cutting out wheat. So when a milk customer told me about her 8 mth old grandson with severe celiac disease, I told her the goats don't have wheat in their diet. I delivered the milk and later got a panicked call from the grandmother. The baby was projectile vomiting as soon as the milk hit his stomach. Their feed was oats, barley, corn, field peas & a protein pellet.
My feed mill is 190 miles away so checked with local feed mills and found none carried anything but the standard grains that livestock use. So, I called my feed mill. They use only local, non-GMO grains and carried other types. I told the owner what my problem was and he came up with Milo, field peas & small amount of corn along with a protein pellet. A dairy goat needs 16% protein with 2.5% fat. I fed the goats for a week and the people brought the baby to my house. They stood by my kitchen sink & fed him little bits of milk & he didn't vomit. They kept him on the milk for 1.5 yrs and then put him on Almond milk. Other customers have stated that even tho they feel they aren't gluten intolerant, store milk has given them tummy aches, but my gals milk doesn't. I believe it's their diet.
The above customer told me that when the baby got old enough to start eating eggs, they bothered him with diarrhea. I put some of my chickens on my dairy goat feed and dedicated the eggs for the family. They were able to eat the eggs without any problems! Since they have stopped buying (80 mi one way trip for them), I have gone back to feeding regular chicken feed. Not every gluten intolerant person is that sensitive to eggs and farm/home chickens usually are fed better feed than factory chickens.
IDLaura
As an owner of registered dairy goats that has my Idaho State Permit to sell unpasteurized (REAL) milk and I raise chickens for egg sales, I do know that wheat, oats, barley and rye passes thru to the products. I have had customers with celiac disease and gluten intolerances. My sister-in-law has this. At the time she told me, she only talked about cutting out wheat. So when a milk customer told me about her 8 mth old grandson with severe celiac disease, I told her the goats don't have wheat in their diet. I delivered the milk and later got a panicked call from the grandmother. The baby was projectile vomiting as soon as the milk hit his stomach. Their feed was oats, barley, corn, field peas & a protein pellet.
My feed mill is 190 miles away so checked with local feed mills and found none carried anything but the standard grains that livestock use. So, I called my feed mill. They use only local, non-GMO grains and carried other types. I told the owner what my problem was and he came up with Milo, field peas & small amount of corn along with a protein pellet. A dairy goat needs 16% protein with 2.5% fat. I fed the goats for a week and the people brought the baby to my house. They stood by my kitchen sink & fed him little bits of milk & he didn't vomit. They kept him on the milk for 1.5 yrs and then put him on Almond milk. Other customers have stated that even tho they feel they aren't gluten intolerant, store milk has given them tummy aches, but my gals milk doesn't. I believe it's their diet.
The above customer told me that when the baby got old enough to start eating eggs, they bothered him with diarrhea. I put some of my chickens on my dairy goat feed and dedicated the eggs for the family. They were able to eat the eggs without any problems! Since they have stopped buying (80 mi one way trip for them), I have gone back to feeding regular chicken feed. Not every gluten intolerant person is that sensitive to eggs and farm/home chickens usually are fed better feed than factory chickens.
IDLaura
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Hi IDahoChickieMom, Would you be willing to share the ingredients you used when you had the gluten free feed? I see field peas. milo, corn and a protein pellet. Was that it? And do you mind telling me what a protein pellet is? I have a different thread going that asks for help with an allergen free feed. I am trying to formulate one at home for my chicks. Thanks for the help and all of the above info!
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Susienoe, did you ever develop an allergen free feed recipe (no corn, soy, gluten products)? I am in the process of investigating this as well. I think there are a lot of folks who believe that it can't be made to be nutritionally sound (this could very well be true!). Seems like you could develop something that doesn't rely on the major allergens...
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Does anyone have an update for this thread?
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Your link doesn't work.
The fact that soy isoflavones pass into eggs doesn't mean that gluten does - the chemicals aren't at all similar. Eggs are gluten free.
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I am a newbie, but let me say that my daughters are gluten sensitive. They get tummy aches when consuming gluten, also cows milk. They do not have problems eating egs from chickens and goats fed a gluten free feed.
Regular white eggs and cows milk cause stomach issues with my girls.
Their is something to the type of food fed to cows and chickens and how it goes into the food.
Did a blind study with my kids and store bought white eggs are a no go.
Just a friendly bit of info!
Trbarret
Regular white eggs and cows milk cause stomach issues with my girls.
Their is something to the type of food fed to cows and chickens and how it goes into the food.
Did a blind study with my kids and store bought white eggs are a no go.
Just a friendly bit of info!
Trbarret
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