So I accidently did the right thing when I cooked the lentils, etc. and added it to the chicken feed! My chickens enjoy tofu (just like me) but only get it as a treat. Like they say, "EVERYTHING in moderation. SUsan
From: David Sullenberger <David_Sullenberger@msn.com>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, February 1, 2011 12:05:39 PM
Subject: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Lentils, kidney beans and other problems with legumes.....
With a very few exceptions ALL legumes commonly used for feedstuffs (peas, beans, lentils, soybeans) contain sufficient quantities of various anti-nutrition factors to affect nutirition - which is why they should NEVER BE FED RAW.
Kidney beans contain a Vitamin E antagonist, Lima beans contain large amounts of a compound that makes hydrogen cyanide (gas chamber gas), soybeans contain factors that block the absorption of copper, iron, manganese and zinc as well as Vitamin B-12.
ALL legumes also contain trypsin inhibitors - trypsin is an important enzyme in converting large chain molecule proteins to smaller more absorbable polypeptides.
Cooking or roasting usually destroys the anti-nutritive factors. In the case of soybeans, fermenting (making tofu) also does the job.
ProfessorChicken
a.k.a. David Sullenberger
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