Chicken Treats :: Pinto Beans?

[whitutis]

Just wondering if anyone has ever fed their chickens beans? We have a math project that we are working on, where we've had to count these dry beans all different ways. And now that they've been completely man-handled by my and my kid, sitting on the table in an open bowl for a week, not to mention a few have tried to make their escape fallling to the floor yet thwarted by my young lass and added back to the bowl. Ick!

Wondering if i gave them a quick rinse then a soak and boil, would it be okay to feed it to my chickens? I guess i ask because i know what a whole pot full of beans would do to a human, and on the scale of a chicken....i wouldn't want to cause any fowl fireworks, if you know what i mean.

Thanks so much!
Whit

 

[Hennyhandler]

I don't know about a whole bowl of them but I fed mine black eyed peas out of the can to them and they loved it. I wouldn't see anything wrong with it as long as they are cooked and if you didn't give them a whole bunch.

 

[thechickenchick]

I have done exactally that. They will love them and it won't hurt them one bit.

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

You should do a search on that. I can't remember the reasons but I read that you should never give your chickens dry beans and for them to be safe you have to cook them over a certain temperature . . . it's why they roast the soybeans for the feed. I really can't tell you why, but I would check it out first.

 

[Imp]

Here's the info:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=166988

Imp

 

[NonnasBabies]

Quote:
Mine ate a whole container of left over red beans!! Great source of protein!!

Missi

 

[flockof4]

As long as they're cooked until they're soft, beans are fine. Raw or undercooked beans are harmful to chickens. I think it's the hemaglobnin (sp?) that coats the beans. It's a protective coating that helps the bean (which is a seed) stay fertile until it can sprout. Anyway, soaking and cooking them eliminates it.

 

[tcmstalcup]

My chickens double as garbage disposals. They have eaten lots of beans over the years from the leftover bucket. Won't hurt them a bit. Cook and Serve.
Added note: lots of folks would not approve of some of the things I feed my chickens but I have been around chickens all of my 42 yrs and my grandparents and parents had chickens and thats how I learned to do things.

 

[Dora'smom]

The link took me to a confusing post. It looked like you shouldn't feed any kind of green bean or anything like tomatoes to birds, but I have done both, and the birds were fine. Maybe I'm misunderstanding.

 

[flockof4]

sorry, it's hemaglutnin. goes away when soaked and cooked.