Need Passover diet for baby poults

[mbnewby]

i think god would skip hell for you and under stand if you feed your bird normal rations i dont think he exspect you to be so strick as long as your not eating what is forbiden in passover your self see and ask your rabbi about this

 

[Thomasturkey]

To bad that these guys will be having this special diet when it is already a difficult time to get them to eat and there bones are being developed. You do not want any leg problems. Your feed store should sell a soybean meal. If they don't, have them order it. It should be about 47% protein but I have seen it as high as 54%. Corn should be about 8.5 % protein. Equal parts by weight should give you about a 27% protein depending on how high that soybean meal is. I would also add nutritional brewers yeast to give them extra nutrition. All health food stores carry it if your feed store does not. You can blend the corn in a vita-mix to get it to a texture that resembles turkey starter. What ever you decide if you need help formulating the mixture to the right amount of protein, drop me a PM.

 

[NotAFarm]

Be sure to use a poultry vitamin pack made to go in their water so that they get the proper balance while they're so young. Scrambled or hard boiled eggs and meal worms are great and another good source of protein would be sunflower seeds, without hulls, grind finely. Be sure to give them some chick grit/sand to help them grind up the unrefined food.

Exodus 12:28

 

[classicsredone]

What about bean flour? You can also get freeze-dried pinto beans that would provide vitamins and protein.

 

[aa3655]

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I can get soybean meal at my feed store, but do you think I could just cook whole soybeans and mash them up along with the corn?

 

[Jake Levi]

I am also Orthodox, and Israeli/American.

I havent paid any attention to here in the states other then our own home, but the removal of leven is from the HOUSE, not the whole property, farmers in Israel observe all of the Hagim, their livestock dont, and its a violation of Torah to be cruel to your livestock, and changing their diet to disrupt their digestive systems is cruel. Cows are fed their regular rations 24/7, and milked on Hagim, the same as any other day, to not do so is cruel also.

Buy the proper diet for your poults and feed them that as they need it. Our livestock are depending on us for proper care, if you cant provide it give them to someone who will, at least then you will get some mitzvot for it.

Simply doNOT bring their food into your house.

I cant believe you havent talked to your posek on this.

When you go to Eretz visit some poultry farms.

Yaacov bin Yaacov Levi
Itamar, ha Shomron

 

[ChooksChick]

Thank you all for sharing this with us- my extended family has some Messianic Jewish observers, and supposedly on my father's side we were Jewish not too far back (probably how we have Jewish/Jesus all wrapped into one!)

I'm always interested in traditional observances and love to hear about how different families honor them.

 

[WriterofWords]

How about having friends babysit them during Passover so they can eat what they need to be healthy and grow properly, and your beliefs are still observed?

 

[ChooksChick]

Also, on the soy, there is some documentation out there on what the exact needs are (can't find it right now) to neutralize the potential anti-nutritional qualities of soy- I would avoid it if possible.

Here's a blurb I found, but if you look at what not to feed chickens (anyone have a link to that great, long list?) it talks about how soy has to be processed to eliminate negative malabsorption qualities.


""So the real question is: is soy bad for you? Soy is loaded with trypsin inhibitors that prevent proper protein digestion; goitrogen which inhibits thyroid function; phytic acid, a fiber that impairs absorption of minerals; and phytoestrogens which dangerously increase the estrogen hormone.""

I would look more at using eggs and sweet potatoes, peanuts, sesame seed meats...

 

[aa3655]

Hi Jake,

It may be your minhag to sell your chametz, and to make a distinction between your house and the rest of your property, but it isn't ours. We're aware of the halacha (husband and FIL both rabbis); it seems we interpret it differently.

I opened this discussion thread to ask for advice on feeding poults according to certain restrictions. I was not asking for your opinion on Jewish law, animal cruelty, or milking cows. Arguably the homemade mash I make for my chickens on Pesach is much healthier and fresher than the layer's pellets they normally eat! I have received some very helpful and constructive answers; yours is not one of them.




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