can soybeans be fed to chickens?

[chicken garden lady]

Just wondering if soybeans can be fed to my chickens. I noticed the nearby field has alot of missed soybeans after their harvest. Also if chickens can eat them, do I need to worry about genetically engineered seed? Most of the farmers around here don't plow before seeding.

 

[patman75]

I would not feed GMO roundup soybeans to my chickens.

My organic feed has roasted soy beans that are not sprayed with round up.

 

[coq au vin]

This is from the pamphlet "Pastured Poultry Nutrition", available from attra.org

"Raw soybeans should not be fed to poultry. When feeding soybeans to poultry, soybeans must be heat-treated to destroy a trypsin inhibitor that disrupts digestion. The presence of the trypsin inhibitors will also cause an enlarged pancreas (a 50-100% increase). The side affects will occur at inclusion levels as low as 5%."

 

[centrarchid]

Intact seeds are high risk for crop bound condition.

 

[chicken garden lady]

Thanks for responding to my question. I'm really glad I asked before trying them.

 

[sjh]

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Absolute complete nonsense. What do you think free range chickens eat. I guess my chicken should be all dead. I feed them whole corn and sorgum.

 

[powerline]

According to the Mississippi State University School of Agriculture, chickens should have a diet full of corn and soybean.

 

[Chickie'sMoma]

raw soybeans are not edible. and like someone said they need to be heat treated before being edible to any animal. and i would still be cautious feeding soybeans to animals because they affect the hormones in both humans and animals-mostly due to the way we process them to get their 'beneficial' properties . many people are now allergic to the use of soybeans in food and around other foods.

 

[Organics North]

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Soy beans should be heat treated or expelled prior to using as a food.

Yes soybeans and corn are the backbone of the american diet (Both people and animals)

I personally avoid Soybeans in my families diet, so that means I avoid them in my livestocks diet. (It can be a real challenge virtually 100% of processed foods contain corn, soy or both...)

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