Re: organic chicken feed recipes.

Greg & Lei Gunthorp (hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com)
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 22:18:20 -0500

Why can't they genetically engineer a soybean plant with no trypsin
inhibitors? :) Seriously though, ladino clover as a ground reconditioner
and as a source of protein for non-ruminants can not be beat. Soybeans as
a grazing crop have a very narrow harvesting window. Been there and done
that on ones that the weeds got away from me on. I would think brassicas
would be a better choice for annuals.

Is anybody doing any work on a soybean plant that can be fed without making
the bean crushers rich (ie ADM, price fixer to the world and the likes)?

Best wishes,
Greg Gunthorp
Free Range hog farmer

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> From: Argall Family <grargall@alphalink.com.au>
> To: Greg & Lei Gunthorp <hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com>; Lorin Unterberger
<organic@essex1.com>; sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
> Subject: RE: organic chicken feed recipes.
> Date: Monday, August 02, 1999 7:44 PM
>
> I wonder if the highest value of the soy beans might not be as a
rotation,
> to broadcast into tired crop areas, for nitrogen fixing, before allowing
the
> poultry to free range through the weeds and soy bean plants [not aware of
> any toxicity in the plants].
>
> Aside from Greg's comment on treating beans before feeding with them,
> legumes tend to be around 35% protein, and chicks, growers and layers
need
> protein value declining form about 17 to 13% or so, so soy beans would
be a
> good protein lift. Generally, our birds have a great preference for
variety.
> They go crazy over the occasional treat of what is sold here as pigeon
mix,
> with a protein content around 25%, and with big variety of seeds. With
some
> chicken breeds, e.g. Isa Brown, you have to be careful, as high protein
> diets tend to produce bird-busting big eggs. Hence my thought that the
> highest value of the soy beans might be to feed them to the soil, allow
them
> to help strengthen fallow ground with their strong growth and nitrogen
> fixing, before running the chickens through as clean-up and manuring
> tractors.
>
> Dennis
>
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