Cannabis for chickens? What is your thoughts?

[Moonbeam Guineas]

https://share.newsbreak.com/1c2am56g

 

[sourland]

A mellow bird should be a tasty bird.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Pot grows wild here and after they re-dug out the ditches they dumped the dirt on our property which added even more wild weed to our land. It grows 7-8 ft in thick stocks, it's very dense towards the top where the sunlight hits it and is fairly sparse below. Where the weed is heavy on the property it looks like a little jungle. The chickens and ducks LOVE to spend the entire day in there! It provides fantastic protection from the aerial predators because you can't see anything hiding below, the bugs are drawn to it like moths to a light and it's also great shade. I have no idea if they snack on it while they're in there, but then again I have yet to see my chickens get into a fight and they're very mellow so maybe

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Stormcrow would say that he hasn't looked into the nutritional value of cannabis as a chicken feed. its his understanding that it has higher economic value when put to other uses, so feeding it directly instead of selling it and using the funds to purchase a complete nutrition feed seems wasteful and inefficient.

BUT, hemp seed has a decent protein level (23-24%), high fiber compared to many seeds (not a great thing), but lower fat than BOSS - its middle of the road for a seed, in the mid 30s usually. Hemp seed's amino acid profile is imbalanced. Pound per pound, its a good source of Methione, Threonine, and Tryptophan compared to many other vegatable ingredients, but a comparatively poor source of Lysine (though still good enough to meet the minimum recommends).

Due to fat levels, I wouldn't put more than 10% in a feed (which I would otherwise tend to try and assemble with low fat sources), and I'd pair it with an equal weight of a legume or pulse - one of the legume meals whose fat levels have been reduced, cow peas, winter peas, chick peas, fava beans, etc which are all high lysine sources.

Since you asked.

 

[sourland]

Both?

Lucky birds.

 

[sourland]

Cookies ? Or perhaps brownies.

 

[raingarden]

The chickens aren't interested in cannabis plants. I wonder how they persuade them to eat it?

 

[Brooks_]

Cookies ? Or perhaps brownies.

Both?

 

[SourRoses]

First thought... I wonder what Stormcrow would think of the nutrient profile? (gah, how to tag?)

It sounds like leaves not flowers because they mentioned 0.4% THC.
Said it was "crushed in the feed", but I bet chickens would eat the leaves willingly because I've heard a lot of critters like it, even rats.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

First thought... I wonder what Stormcrow would think of the nutrient profile? (gah, how to tag?)

It sounds like leaves not flowers because they mentioned 0.4% THC.
Said it was "crushed in the feed", but I bet chickens would eat the leaves willingly because I've heard a lot of critters like it, even rats.

You type @ and then their username like this: @U_Stormcrow