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  1. tazcat70

    SOYBEANS!! Are my chickens lucky?

    Quote: For the most part they are not able to absorb the protein from the beans. This site http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/194/whole-soybeans-in-diets-for-poultry Says: The results obtained using raw beans on laying poultry are very variable. The oldest data, which relate to...
  2. tazcat70

    SOYBEANS!! Are my chickens lucky?

    digitS' : I was hoping that you would come back and post a link, Tonya . I have been looking for things like that. Extruding pellets or crumbles is a mechanical processing but it generates heat. The feed manufacturers deliberately control that heat so as to make their products less "toxic"...
  3. tazcat70

    SOYBEANS!! Are my chickens lucky?

    Quote: I forgot to add the link, and I couldn't find it today.But here is another one. http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/reprint/88/2/187.pdf
  4. tazcat70

    SOYBEANS!! Are my chickens lucky?

    Soybeans contain Antitrypsin which inhibits nutrient absorption. By cooking them, it destroys this and makes the beans a good source. This site looks like it will help, but you will need to convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
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