what nuts or veg, fruits are toxic or should you NOT feed.?

[saildog]

Are pecans, sesame seeds, walnuts, ALL raw veggies and fruits OK? Is there anything toxic that is a non processed food item that we can eat that chickens can nor eat ?

 

[Kikiriki]

http://www.plannedparrothood.com/plants.html


Amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa, barely, soy, and legumes should all be cooked before giving them to chickens as they have chemicals that can affect the chickens ability to absorb nutrients. They chemical is broken down by heating it. Potato skins are bad, cooked or not, I think. I think rice needs to be cooked, too, but I cant remember why...

They should not have any food you consider too iffy to consume yourself, or anything that is moldy or off. I take stuff they cant have and make a pile in dirt in the shade of a tree. I cover it with a layer of leaves, a layer of dirt and then another layer of leaves and water it. In a couple of days it is full of grubs and the chickens have a feast on the bugs. It is their favorite spot in the yard!

 

[Pngzv]

I'm not sure about nuts but here's a list of toxic plants it's kinda long! Buckeye,buttercup,clover,fireweed,foxglove,ground ivy,hemlock,hemp,hyacinth,hydrangea,Japanese yew,jimson weed,Kentucky coffee tree,lantana,larkspur,Lilly of the valley,lupine,milkweed,mint,Ohio buckeye,orleander,rhododendron rhubarb,st.john wort,Sudan grass,tulip...I gt that from chicken mag

 

[chfite]

Amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa, barely, soy, and legumes

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I believe that you are referring to dried beans and such, not raw.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Chris[/FONT]

 

[Kikiriki]

No, chris, i am referring to raw whether dried or fresh. As I said, the chemical component that affects nutritional absorption is only broken down by heat treatment. Manufactured feeds that use those ingredients use heat treatment of them first.

Chickens are not supposed to have pigweed, for example. Amaranth and quinoa are both related to pigweed. They have amino acids that make them the only two grains to provide the benefits of protein from meats (they each lack one amino acid that the other grain has, thus, together, they provide complete protein). However, that family has the chemical that keeps fowl from absorbing nutrients, and so they should not be given to the chickens raw.

There have been many experiments on what can be included in a poultry diet and in what proportions and they measure the effect on growing birds. Those grains inhibit growth and contribute to a less healthy bird when fed raw.