Gluten Free Chickens

[FettuccineAlfredo]

We are new to raising chickens and we have a small backyard flock. A memeber in our family has gluten intolerance and has trouble eating eggs. We were hoping if we raised chickens on a wheat free diet that he could possibly eat the eggs. Currently they are on food with wheat but they aren't laying yet. We don't have time or the knowledge to try to make our own feed. Have any of you guys found a commercial feed without wheat? I thought New Country Organics made one. Or if thats not possible an afordable organic feed? Thanks!

 

[Chicken Whisperers]

Honestly I'm not sure, considering my very best friend is allergic to practically everything! (Eggs, wheat, dairy, peanuts, treenuts, and sesame seeds) I'm not sure what they do about it and if she can't eat eggs because she's allergic to gluten. How allergic is he? If not very serious I would free range them and make sure there was no wheat products available for them to get at, and just give it a go. If he's allergic to the actual egg, not the products and vitamins in it, it would probably be better to not try it if you already know.

 

[Rose Quartz]

@KikisGirls I know you have a ton of feeds info, is that something you might know?

 

[glib]

have you considered eating only the yolks? Most people who are allergic are allergic to avidin, which is in the white. meanwhile, the yolk has all the vitamins and minerals.

 

[Molpet]

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[Ninjasquirrel]

Even if you didnt do a gluten free feed the gluten in their eggs should be less than 1 part per million. I would think you have a cross contamination issue

 

[trudyg]

Seems to me that the chicken would digest the gluten in anything they eat and, therefore, the gluten would not pass through to the meat or eggs. It was my understanding that most grains contain gluten, most plant eating animals eat grain, and that meat, eggs and milk does not contain gluten. Am I wrong here?

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Seems to me that the chicken would digest the gluten in anything they eat and, therefore, the gluten would not pass through to the meat or eggs. It was my understanding that most grains contain gluten, most plant eating animals eat grain, and that meat, eggs and milk does not contain gluten. Am I wrong here?

Actually a study was done a while back that showed chickens eggs can contain soy and wheat if their diet is primarily that. However it would be less than 1ppm. Generally not enough to make someone with celiacs sick. I have dealt with people that have celiacs and in my experience eggs cause no issues whether organic or not. Usually cross contamination is the culprit

 

[Molpet]

I was diagnosed as intolerant to 27 different foods. Wheat and eggs were 2. They said cut all those out for months and try adding back one food at a time a couple days a week, and then try a different one the next week... when it came to eggs I got some local who fed organic feed. I was fine for months eating 2 eggs 4x a week. All of a sudden my joints hurt again. No new foods had been added... I was reading ingredients on everything I had and nothing had changed. I asked her if she was feeding the same feed, no she had switched and when we compared bags the old feed didn't have wheat and the new feed did
I live alone so any cross contamination would have to be on the eggs before I bought them.. so I tried washing them and eating them after a week... woke up in the middle of the night with joints hurting.
... and that is why I have chickens again.

 

[FettuccineAlfredo]

Honestly I'm not sure, considering my very best friend is allergic to practically everything! (Eggs, wheat, dairy, peanuts, treenuts, and sesame seeds) I'm not sure what they do about it and if she can't eat eggs because she's allergic to gluten. How allergic is he? If not very serious I would free range them and make sure there was no wheat products available for them to get at, and just give it a go. If he's allergic to the actual egg, not

I was diagnosed as intolerant to 27 different foods. Wheat and eggs were 2. They said cut all those out for months and try adding back one food at a time a couple days a week, and then try a different one the next week... when it came to eggs I got some local who fed organic feed. I was fine for months eating 2 eggs 4x a week. All of a sudden my joints hurt again. No new foods had been added... I was reading ingredients on everything I had and nothing had changed. I asked her if she was feeding the same feed, no she had switched and when we compared bags the old feed didn't have wheat and the new feed did
I live alone so any cross contamination would have to be on the eggs before I bought them.. so I tried washing them and eating them after a week... woke up in the middle of the night with joints hurting.
... and that is why I have chickens again.

Okay thank you that is really helpful! He wasnt always intolerant to eggs but he was diagnosed with wheat and dairy allergies so we were primarily eating eggs every day for months wich is part of the problem. We did find a gluten free feed to we will give it a try.