Is there something negative about feed chickens corn?

[Cacciatore]

I feed my chickens a feed that has a small amount of corn in it. I notice when they eat the grain I throw out for them, they always eat the corn last, if at all. They much prefer the other grains. They are free ranging and feed on grass, bugs, worms etc… and seem to eat anything in sight, except that they don't touch any plants that aren't good for them or that can harm them. If they would rather not eat the corn maybe they know something.

 

[chicken2010]

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You're actually quite wrong, he's probably not on about GMO but rather about how fatty chickens will get- people who study health sciences have to study briefly about genetics and would understand it's perfectly safe to consume GMO, and if it's the case that he does have a problem with GMO it's because doctors don't learn about food and nutrition that is for nutritionists and dietitians to do so it's best you go visit on so they explain to you about GMO foods

 

[chicken2010]

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Actually, GMO is NOT perfectly safe to eat. It messes with hormones because of it's very nature of being manipulated by humans to grow faster, taller, stronger, more disease resistant, and with more kernels. Hybrid corn, which is nature way of modifying it, is ok. Too many people think GMO is good but look at us Americans ... we're huge and corn is a really big part of our diet. It's almost impossible to get non-GMO corn seeds anywhere, and I look because I grow them.

I stopped giving my chickens corn only a short time ago, and already their egg production is up. That's the only change I did. So ... no more corn for my girls. They really enjoy amaranth, quinoa, millet and flax seeds. For some reason, they don't like BOSS. And if they need help keeping warm in the winter (like here in Colorado), ground up alfalfa helps there.

Just my 2 cents.

Please don't make unproven claims that you've theorised that is such rubbish to people who study health sciences like me, if you ask ANYONE in the biological science area about GMO they'll tell you it's ok- humans have been artificially breeding desired traits for millenniums it's just with the help of science it could be done quicker with even more precision in achieving the desired traits and you don't have to slowly select for. It's simple, all you have to do is analyse GMO food and see what you'll find in it that's different to non-GM which was nothing

 

[Judy]

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Neither did mine, for a long time -- until I read on here to introduce it mixed with something moist, like scrambled eggs or oatmeal. I think I mixed it into a leftover noodle casserole, and they took to it immediately. Now they pick it out of whatever it's mixed in first. I'll mix it with something like oatmeal out of the can because they have trouble finding it by itself on dark ground.

 

[Egghead_Jr]

I'll go out on a limb here to move the thought away from health issues of a chicken eating a large diet porportion of corn.

The eggs taste better if insects in diet. Chickens allowed to free range even in small back yards for even 2 to 3 hours of each day will have better tasting eggs. Personally I can't wait for spring to get that vibrant orange color yolk and bold flavor again.

 

[sasm]

I think Mrs/Ms chicken 2010 works for Monsanto company

 

[Spangled]

I doctor I work with wanted to know if my chickens were "those corn fed kind". He said it like it was a bad thing or unhealthy thing for human consumption.

Ask him what he meant.

 

[Joe Jordan]

If there was anything wrong with genetically modified corn, we would have scientific evidence to support the claim. At present we have nothing more than baseless claims. Now, pass the butter please!

 

[Chris09]

Actually, GMO is NOT perfectly safe to eat. It messes with hormones because of it's very nature of being manipulated by humans to grow faster, taller, stronger, more disease resistant, and with more kernels. Hybrid corn, which is nature way of modifying it, is ok. Too many people think GMO is good but look at us Americans ... we're huge and corn is a really big part of our diet. It's almost impossible to get non-GMO corn seeds anywhere, and I look because I grow them.

I stopped giving my chickens corn only a short time ago, and already their egg production is up. That's the only change I did. So ... no more corn for my girls. They really enjoy amaranth, quinoa, millet and flax seeds. For some reason, they don't like BOSS. And if they need help keeping warm in the winter (like here in Colorado), ground up alfalfa helps there.

Just my 2 cents.

I know this is a old post but there are so many things wrong with this post it isn't funny.



Quote: That is also called a Hybrid seed.



Quote: No, too many people don't know how to eat or when to stop eating.



Quote: I have no problem finding them, nearly every see catalog carries them.



Quote: Unless you replace the energy that they would get from corn there egg production will go down.


Chris

 

[pigeonguy]

Actually, GMO is NOT perfectly safe to eat. It messes with hormones because of it's very nature of being manipulated by humans to grow faster, taller, stronger, more disease resistant, and with more kernels. Hybrid corn, which is nature way of modifying it, is ok. Too many people think GMO is good but look at us Americans ... we're huge and corn is a really big part of our diet. It's almost impossible to get non-GMO corn seeds anywhere, and I look because I grow them.

I stopped giving my chickens corn only a short time ago, and already their egg production is up. That's the only change I did. So ... no more corn for my girls. They really enjoy amaranth, quinoa, millet and flax seeds. For some reason, they don't like BOSS. And if they need help keeping warm in the winter (like here in Colorado), ground up alfalfa helps there.

Just my 2 cents.

Since this thread was reopened. We feed GMO (genetically modified organisms) to GMC (genetically modified chickens) and if you don't think it is the same. Corn manipulated by humans to grow faster. So are Cornish X. Corn manipulated by humans to grow more kernels. Cornish X manipulated by humans to grow more meat. Production reds and many others Manipulated by humans to lay more eggs faster with less food. GMO, GMC to me they are the same thing which is hybrids. Some say that GMO affects the human system by picking up traits of the grain that is GMO. If that is true could it not also be true that GMC affects humans the same way. It says above we're huge and corn is really a big part of our diet. So are Cornish X a big part of our diet almost all chicken sold in the store is Cornish X. Could we be picking up genes from them to make us get fatter faster. Or women today having 4, 6, 8 babies could we be getting genes from the production egg layers to cause this used to be unheard of.
See how anything can be twisted to meet your needs. I don't really buy into any of this. Myself, my wife and my kids are all average weight or less and strong why we work no not exercise we do hard chores that don't include sitting around all the time. People started getting fatter and fatter first with the radio and then TV and then video games and then computers. At that same time is when we started seeing more allergies. A lot of human problems started when people got lazy.
I'm not saying anyone here is fat or lazy just the overall consensus of what I see in the world today. People need to blame something so that they are not at fault.
Sorry for the soap box.
PS I think millet is GMO it has been bread to grow stronger faster and in some cases bigger seeds. Can't prove it but we use tons and tons of it. I'm not looking it up but you would be surprised what is GMO. You can genetically modify some thing by breeding it with something that it would not have bred with in nature. An example is broccoliflower a cross between broccoli and cauliflower force pollination. It does not have to be injected with something to be GMO Broccoli flower is definatly a GMO and long before people started thinking that way.