dryed split beans feeding to chickens

[mbnewby]

im cleaning out all the cuboards in my kitchen since im going to gut it and remodle it i found a ton of old dryed split pinto beans and navy beans that i think are at least ten years if not more old in one of the back cupboards is it ok to feed them to the birds

 

[cityhermit]

According to this site, dried beans should be cooked before feeding to chickens:
http://citygirlfarming.com/Chickens/ThingsChickensShouldNotEat.html