[peeppeeps]

I live in the Gloucester Area and am looking for GM free and Soy free Chicken Feed. If anyone knows where i can go to buy it i would really a appreciate it. My husband has been doing a lot of research on Soy and found that soy is not that good for the animals or people we would like to find feed that does not contain these Items so would love any help and Advice Thank you.

Edited for mistakes

This is just one site out of many..

http://www.mercola.com/Downloads/bonus/dangers-of-soy/report.aspx?gclid=COjGvYLZlaQCFYlg4wodiTaRHw

[Aunt Sally]

I wasn't aware that Monosodium Glutamate was added to chicken feed.  Please tell us more! 

I would also love to know why soya is bad for people and animals.  Do let us all know what you have found out.

[Bantymad]

Hi i am very interested in different ways people feed there ckickens. I feed mine on a recipe of grains as i didn't want to fed processd feed to them, i looked at your link but it's not realy relevent to chickens as they don't digest food as we do but if you find anything relevent i would love to know. Best wishes.

[Aunt Sally]

This is just one site out of many..

http://www.mercola.com/Downloads/bonus/dangers-of-soy/report.aspx?gclid=COjGvYLZlaQCFYlg4wodiTaRHw

Not really a scientific study but an "anti" interest group.

Are there any scientific studies we could read ?

[Bantymad]

I'm sure i read something somewhere, but i'm also sure you could get GM free feed, most feeds have all ingredients listed on bag, also you could ring manufacturers and check before buying. Hope you find what you need, all the best.

[cluckingnuts]

How else do you intend to feed protein, fishmeal ?

[Bantymad]

This is an interesting topic heres a link http://www.lionsgrip.com/protein.html

[Aunt Sally]

I wasn't aware that Monosodium Glutamate was added to chicken feed.  Please tell us more! 

Ah... I see you've edited it to GM free    Quite a lot of difference there 

[peeppeeps]

http://deckfamilyfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-soy-chicken-feeding-experiment.html

[ehs284]

Lots of info, but too many special interest AKA 'buy my product' sites. Most concentrate on the way minerals are lost/not absorbed or reducing phytic acid content with little attention to 'real people' and quote 1950 research. There are good recent studies, one of which shows that addition of soya flour to chappattis would increase the mineral uptake for the many poorer Indians who eat these as a staple because the wheat flour contains more phytate than soy flour ( http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1501548&ini=xref&show=html).
The Lionsgrip page is misleading as it is the trypsin inhibitors in Soy beans which are cause for concern and the heating will not remove. I think they are talking about the glycoprotein lectin (this is why you have to boil red kidney beans and rinse if using them at home).
The lack of control in the early GM crops of soy mean that it is almost impossible to guarantee that soy bean products from the USA are GM free.

[joyfull]

if you buy allen and page feeds (I buy the organic but they also do the small holders range) and these are GM free 

[Bantymad]

Isn't it good to know we all care about our little beasties enough to look into all these things.

[Aunt Sally]

That's not a scientific study I'm afraid but as Ice says Alan and Page feed is organic and GM free.

[joyfull]

That's not a scientific study I'm afraid but as Ice says Alan and Page feed is organic and GM free.

think I said that 

[Aunt Sally]

Sorry Joyfull 

Not been concentrating.  Have been searching for a tiny lane that Worzel needs to go to tomorrow - Google earth is amazing, we even know what trees to look out for