Will tapioca pearls be OK for chicken feed?

[nutso]

I've been cleaning out my cupboard and found some tapioca pearls that have been there since 2001!. They look OK but clearly, I'm not going to be using them. I know they need to be soaked before using - would this be OK for my chickens (once they've been soaked and are softened)? They're from a root (I believe) that is common in South America -

What do you know? Anyone tried this before?

Thanks.

 

[wolftracks]

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Mine had cooked tapioca pudding once and they loved it.

 

[ssbs]

Tapioca is from the cassava plant

The whole plant is edible, greens and all. The greens are awesome if you crush them in a mortar and pestle and cook with onions, peanut flour and beef short ribs.. You learn a lot when the apple of your eye is African and you try the food he grew up eating.

None the less.. I'm sure your chickens would love them some tapioca. You could go ahead and make them a pudding treat with it

 

[nutso]

Thanks for your quick responses. I'm sure the girls will love the tapioca.

Best,

Linda

 

[ranchhand]

Yum, I love tapioca pudding. Obviously the chickens don't need the sugar, but I think if you soaked or cooked them they would love them.

Sounds like your cupboards are like mine. I had some smoked oysters the other night - THEN I discovered they were almost 2 years out of date!

(no problems though)