Gluten Free Chickens

[Alaskan]

For you folks with specific grain allergies and chickens at home; is it eating the eggs, or being out there with the offending feed, and the dust, in their environment that's actually an issue? There shouldn't be much, if any, gluten in the eggs, but there would be a fair amount in the coop, on the birds, and as dust in the environment.
Mary

As Molpet and I discussed in a previous post... gluten probably isn't a problem in eggs unless the chickens are fed mostly gluten.

My chickens eat some gluten, not lots, and my celiac child can eat the eggs and has zero problems.

My celiac child can touch gluten with zero issues.. . Haven't tested if he can snort it But my guess is since the nose is full of moist membranes snorting the gluten would lead to a reaction.



Gluten CLEARLY comes through in milk. But commercial cows are fed a mix of stuff,not pure or mostly wheat, so he is fine with commercial cow milk.

When we had goats if the goats were eating mostly barley (so gluten), that was bad. The goats had to eat a mostly gluten free diet, a little gluten in their diet was OK.

 

[Molpet]

So, is there any actual information about herbicide residues in eggs? I have no idea!
Mary

usda doesn't test for roundup
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/carey-gillam/private-tests-show-cancer_b_9723758.html
But while it has spent years analyzing levels of pesticide residues on food, the FDA, like the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has steadfastly avoided testing for glyphosate residues in the American food supply despite the fact that both test annually for other types of pesticide residues.

 

[Folly's place]

Roundup is a herbicide, not a pesticide. It, like so many other things, was considered safe, and only after time has passes has it been shown to be a problem.
Commercial chickens aren't exposed directly to glyphosate, but home flocks certainly might be, if owners use such products in their yards where the chickens roam.
Looking up research might be interesting, and I haven't done it.
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

Eggs and meat certified organic won't have had any exposure to this product at all.
Mary

 

[Molpet]

Eggs and meat certified organic won't have had any exposure to this product at all.
Mary

Shouldn't... unless it's in runoff or water supply