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[TurtlePowerTrav]

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Yeah, ya'll are a lot more chatty than the Oregon thread. I am having a hard time keeping up.

 

[Imp]

Are green beans poisonous to chickens? I'm finding mixed responses.

Tonight I gave a bunch of the kid's leftovers to the big girls. They pigged out on all of it, but left what looked like most, or all, of the cooked green beans in the bowl. I though that was odd. So, I came in and looked it up. Some people say green beans are poisonous to chickens. Are they?

What my girls may have eaten a little bit of today were cooked green beans...

The answer is yes & no, but mostly yes.
Beans contain Hemogluttein, a naturally occuring toxin. It's been awhile since I researched it, but I don't think it is fatal, but can make you seriously ill.
It is most prevalent in dried beans, I believe Kidney beans are the worse. 4-5 dried uncooked Kidney beans can put a human in the hospital. The easy solution is to cook the beans, if memory serves it is about 10 min of cooking in boiling water will destroy the toxin. Interestingly enough, partially cooked beans are worse the uncooked beans.
Fresh Green beans do contain Hemogluttein, but we all know that we've eaten them without getting sick.I believe the levels are low in Green beans, and often green beans are cooked.
If you google it you will find that many areas of europe won't eat green beans with out them being cooked into oblivion. Some of the stories are funny.

Russ- my alter ego (Imp) believes that green beans are the root of all things evil, taste like chicken poop, and should be banned from all 9 planets.

ETA- I give my chickens some frozen mixed vegs about every other day. I just thaw them in the microwave.

 

[itsren]

I can't believe somebody had the hatching eggs I would like and here sets Silkiebator drawing unemployment !!!!!

You know - yer own hatching eggs make awfully cute (and very rambunctious) mutt babies. They're 6 days old and trying to fly! Cocoa accidentally flattened Latte by landing on her. Thank goodness she was OK. Whew!

 

[RainyDayChicken]

HI,

I just wanted to get my spot in the new thread.

 

[itsren]

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Well, that's good to know - cause I over-cooked the beans since I was giving them to my kids. They were frozen beans. I eat them all the time with just warming them up. But, the bag says your supposed to cook them for 10 minutes, and since they were for my kids, I did. They didn't want to eat them, and I don't blame them. Turns out the chickens didn't want to eat them either.

I can't stand green beans unless they are raw or barely warmed up. If they are that toxic, I think I'll switch to just growing peas, because I can't stand over-cooked green beans.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Quote: Try carmelize sone onion and garlic then add raw green beans and a little itialian herb seasoning (from the grinder) to taste.

OOOOooooohh yeah baaaby !!!

 

[DeesHens]

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I love making kombucha! I let it go too long when I got busy this summer though, so my mother went bad and I haven't had time to track down another one to start back up. I understand the kombucha mother is good bacteria like that in yogurt (just converts the sugars to acetic acid instead of lactic acid), so maybe you could mix a little of the mother with Betsy's food for a pro-biotic...maybe she'll prefer that flavor to the yogurt. I hope she feels better soon!
DH purchased a bottle of kombucha at the nearby farm store and used the scoby from it to start his own I believe. That is how he got hooked on it originally. Great suggestion! Between the kombucha & the water kefir maybe Betsy would go for one of them. Thanks. She is doing pretty good but I am always looking for the sign of trouble before it blooms into anything major. After worming her poo looks great now so that is a good sign. I just want to make sure her crop functions optimally. The gurgling and stretching wasn't something she was doing since worming her until today. Appetite and energy are good. Tonight she has a warm coop as DH installed her black reptile light for heat. She really seemed more relaxed on her roost so cozy now.

 

[itsren]

Quote: Try carmelize sone onion and garlic then add raw green beans and a little itialian herb seasoning (from the grinder) to taste.

OOOOooooohh yeah baaaby !!!

Oh, now your just teasing me... cuz I'm allergic to garlic.

DH and the kids ate pizza tonight. So-not-fair!

 

[DeesHens]

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[Imp]

Quote: Try carmelize sone onion and garlic then add raw green beans and a little itialian herb seasoning (from the grinder) to taste.

OOOOooooohh yeah baaaby !!!

Nope, they are still horrible.

My mom used to tell the story that when I was a baby, she'd try to give me baby food green beans. One taste and I'd refuse to eat anything for 3 days.

I don't think green beans are all THAT toxic. Many foods contain things that could be potentially a problem, like eggs and chicken.