Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

[camilleathome]

lima beans cooked would probably be fine for a bigger heartier bird like a chicken but if their raw or sprouted their in higher dosage than when cooked.(Something to keep in mind) And there is only cyanide in apple seeds which is usually why I cored my apples for my birds and apple wood was fine for chew toys.

There are so many other beans and lentils you can feed. I wouldnt want to risk it.

Kidney beans for humans can cause stomach upset if not soaked overnight before cooking so should only be used cooked and never sprouted. I dont know if this is the same for chickens

 

[LilyD]

lima beans cooked would probably be fine for a bigger heartier bird like a chicken but if their raw or sprouted their in higher dosage than when cooked.(Something to keep in mind) And there is only cyanide in apple seeds which is usually why I cored my apples for my birds and apple wood was fine for chew toys.

There are so many other beans and lentils you can feed. I wouldnt want to risk it.

Kidney beans for humans can cause stomach upset if not soaked overnight before cooking so should only be used cooked and never sprouted. I dont know if this is the same for chickens

Nope I agree, they seem to know more about it than me since I didn't know about the cyanide and they picked out all the lima beans before they ate their fermented feed lol. Lentils and field peas are always a big favorite. As are corn, BOSS, wheat, oats, and barley. They also like cooked rice added in as well but I have heard there is very little nutritive value in rice so I try and stay away from that.

I think I will steer clear of Lima and kidney since they say that kidneys are the worst of all the beans that have the trypsin inhibitors. I also am not feeding soy just because many of my customers would prefer soy free food when they eat the meat or eggs.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Another one that my chickens really like and that I have found in a lot of chicken feeds is lentils they are fed dry so I don't think they fit under the trypsin inhibitor category. I have also fed mung and adzuki beans that I sprouted and they love those as well.

I sprout my lentils! They LOVE them.

 

[camilleathome]

Nope I agree, they seem to know more about it than me since I didn't know about the cyanide and they picked out all the lima beans before they ate their fermented feed lol. Lentils and field peas are always a big favorite. As are corn, BOSS, wheat, oats, and barley. They also like cooked rice added in as well but I have heard there is very little nutritive value in rice so I try and stay away from that.

I think I will steer clear of Lima and kidney since they say that kidneys are the worst of all the beans that have the trypsin inhibitors. I also am not feeding soy just because many of my customers would prefer soy free food when they eat the meat or eggs.

I sprout my lentils! They LOVE them.

I want to start sprouting them for myself more, I guess if you sprout wheat berries it gets a LOT of b12 in it!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I sprout my lentils! They LOVE them.

lentils? okay do you do it the same as the BOSS? I just started sprouting BOSS and want to try other things.

 

[LilyD]

lentils? okay do you do it the same as the BOSS? I just started sprouting BOSS and want to try other things.

It can't be split lentils or split peas it needs to be whole and raw. You sprout them the same as BOSS, actually the ones I sprout are in the mix of seeds with my BOSS. I find that when you sprout seeds they are much more nutrient dense as started plants than as the seeds they were before.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I want to start sprouting them for myself more, I guess if you sprout wheat berries it gets a LOT of b12 in it!

We occasionally grab a small handful out of the pans that have the chickens' sprouts in them.

lentils? okay do you do it the same as the BOSS? I just started sprouting BOSS and want to try other things.

Exactly the same way.

It can't be split lentils or split peas it needs to be whole and raw. You sprout them the same as BOSS, actually the ones I sprout are in the mix of seeds with my BOSS. I find that when you sprout seeds they are much more nutrient dense as started plants than as the seeds they were before.

I try to do a combination of things. I sprout lentils, oats and milo. Wheat, barley and BOSS I grow to fodder stage. Then I also ferment the oats, milo, wheat & barley. That way they get quite an assortment in their feed pans and the more variety there is, the more they seem to love it! I will occasionally throw some split peas and whatnot into the ferment mix.

 

[Turkeytruff]

Interesting, how does a person know if they can't taste cyanide, or even what cyanide tastes like??

smells like bitter almonds. When I used to be an ER nurse, one of the things I used to laugh about (black humour)

was the Cyanide Antidote Kit. The whole point about it was that you had about a couple of minutes if you took cyanide so the only way it would be effective was if you waited to get to the Emergency room and then ingested it!

 

[groverlvchx]

smells like bitter almonds. When I used to be an ER nurse, one of the things I used to laugh about (black humour)

was the Cyanide Antidote Kit. The whole point about it was that you had about a couple of minutes if you took cyanide so the only way it would be effective was if you waited to get to the Emergency room and then ingested it!

(fan of dark humor, too)

 

[Miss Lydia]

We occasionally grab a small handful out of the pans that have the chickens' sprouts in them.

Exactly the same way.
I try to do a combination of things. I sprout lentils, oats and milo. Wheat, barley and BOSS I grow to fodder stage. Then I also ferment the oats, milo, wheat & barley. That way they get quite an assortment in their feed pans and the more variety there is, the more they seem to love it! I will occasionally throw some split peas and whatnot into the ferment mix.

I am fermenting the whole oats along with a 7 way scratch and their all flock, just added some Layer into the mix yesterday, so now I will try sprouting the w/oats along with the BOSS and try Lentils will have to look for Milo, so today mine will get sprouted BOSS for the first time.