I want to buy some bulk grains at the grocery store for this winter.

[Bear Foot Farm]

Why are lentils and legumes bad? Peas are legumes, right? Are they ok if sprouted?

Some beans , when raw, contain toxins.
Soybeans are a "legume" but need to be cooked first

Quote:
http://birds.about.com/od/feeding/tp/poisonousfoods.htm

 

[Cindy in PA]

Lentils & peas, or split peas do not have to be cooked before feeding to your birds. If you want a higher grade mix of grains, it may be cheaper to find a good brand of pigeon grain to feed. It would probably be cheaper also.

 

[blondiebee181]

Great advice guys! I think I would like to try sprouting peas, wheat, barley, oats, blackoils, millet.....anybody with Rye experience? I hear flax turns into gooey mess and not many people had good experience with it....I also thought sprouting watermelon or pumpkin seeds would be fun....

 

[angidee]

I can't seem to find a hemaglutin and lentil connection in an internet search. Anyone have somewhere they can direct me?
I am very interested because I have been feeding my chickens a grain mix for a year and in the last couple months an issue has shown themself that is diet related and I am wanting to figure out the cause.
My post about it is here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/717812/has-anyone-fed-their-chickens-a-self-mixed-feed-long-term

 

[ChickensRDinos]

I had original been feeding my chickens a homemade scratch that had raw lentils in it and they were refusing to eat them leaving behind these little piles of lentils and eating everything else. I posted about it and was told by several people that they were not good for them and potentially poisonous.

I also read it here: (scroll down to the chart at the bottom)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-treat-chart-the-best-treats-for-backyard-chickens

I did not do any further research, which I guess is bad on me. If you find it is not true, please let me know. I would be very interested.

I do not know if peas would be a problem or not. I will also read more and see what info I can find.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/livestock/poultry/bba01s21.html
Here's a nice peas link for anyone that's interested. I do feed raw split peas and raw Austrian peas to my chickens.

http://www.pulsecanada.com/uploads/31/1b/311beeea01659c37ca27e91d669c2a87/Feed-Peas-English.pdf
see pg. 11 where they mention:
"Whereas peas and lupins are often grown intentionally
for animal feed, the other major feed pulses such
as lentils, chick peas and beans are grown mainly for
human consumption. Occasionally they are downgraded
for use in animal feeds. They can be good
nutrient sources and effective feed ingredients; however,
their economic value in feed is lower than feed
peas. Relatively high levels of tannins in both lentils
and faba beans limit their use in swine and poultry
feeds."

Someone around here was selling poultry feed on Craigslist with lentils in it. It looked like a decent mix. I wouldn't mind feeding a few lentils raw myself, just wouldn't go overboard with it.

 

[blondiebee181]

Alfalfa seeds are super easy to sprout too, I've been doing those in mason jars with mesh lids and it's been great.

 

[Hilatious]

My homemade blend of scratch consists of
black oil sunflower seeds
rolled oats
peas
quinoa
flax
In order of amount sunflower seeds being the most.

 

[yolka doodle]

hi when you say stay away from raw bean im worried. I am from England and i grew runner beans, my chickens managed to get to them and muched quite a few. This was a few weeks agao and they are fine should i be worried?

 

[yolka doodle]

ps, is anyone else on here from England?