can I feed guinea fowl a little cracked organic soybeans?

Our guineas are free range but we give them a small amount of feed at night to make sure they come home to roost....everyone here says chick starter but I have a lot of organic soybeans on hand because I havent been able to get tempeh starter this year. I can grind them easily in an old coffee grinder but am not sure about unfermented beans for birds even in a small amount. thanks for any advice.

NO!

Raw beans can contain phytohaemagglutinin, which would not be good for them. Best to cook any beans before you give it to them.

John Elliott wrote:NO!

Raw beans can contain phytohaemagglutinin, which would not be good for them. Best to cook any beans before you give it to them.

Thank you John!

I fed soybeans to poultry for many years. An overnight soak and a brief 15-20 minutes at a boil is sufficient to remove the toxins. I've also read that sprouting them also does the trick.

Alder Burns wrote:I fed soybeans to poultry for many years. An overnight soak and a brief 15-20 minutes at a boil is sufficient to remove the toxins. I've also read that sprouting them also does the trick.

In the end, I guess these birds do not like soybeans in any form...at least not cracked and cooked. The little bit I gave them just cracked dry beans they didn't touch either. They pick something out of this chick starter that we have been feeding them, and I cant figure out what it is they like. They never eat all of it. Thanks, anyway everybody.

I don't know much about guineas, but I thought they were purely insectivores.
A handful of BSF larvae?

Leila Rich wrote:I don't know much about guineas, but I thought they were purely insectivores.
A handful of BSF larvae?

Hi, Leila They eat mostly bugs but they like seeds...buckwheat and crabgrass that I have noticed. They will eat a little green stuff I have read but folks say they feed them corn chops and millet..bird seed even...I just wanted to use the soybeans because I already had them. Now I think I will grind them to soybean meal and add to my garden.