FAVA beans raw ?

[boysmom]

I fed my girls FAVA beans raw tonight, shelled and 4 beans each in their mash. They really enjoyed them so I decided to google the nutritional factor. What I found was that they are considered toxic. Should I be freaked out and run to the emergency vets ? It was over 2 and a half hours ago and they seem fine for now .

 

[Greycloud]

Yes, they are considered toxic. I would keep an eye on them for now. Watch their poops. Hopefully nothing occurs.

 

[Merlie]

Large beans: Anasazi, Black, Fava, Kidney, Lima, Navy, Pinto, Soy, are not suggested for sprouting <nor fed raw>. These legumes can cause toxicity and remain difficult to digest. Their raw flavor is also very bad. If choose to serve these to your bird they MUST be soaked for a minimum of 8 hours, water drained and beans rinsed well, and then cooked by bringing them to a full boil, boiling uncovered for 10 minutes, covered and simmered for another 20 minutes.

I think they'll be fine. One time eating them probably won't cause problems. I posted the info above so you know of the other beans that must be cooked before feeding.

Mung and Adzuki beans are the only beans I know that don't have be cooked first, and are very good sprouted, although I still would not serve them raw.

 

[Cyreen]

I've served a combination of sprouted raw Mung, Adzuki, Lentils and Fenugreek seeds in my birds nightly chop for forever. The smaller beans are fine sprouted. The big beans have to be cooked.

 

[jmfleish]

How do you mean you fed them raw? Raw as in raw from a can or from a frozen mix? In completely raw form, they are going to be very hard. I believe that from a can or in a frozen mix, they have already been cooked and shouldn't pose a problem.

 

[boysmom]

Thanks all, they seem to be fine, and are busily eating their pellets as I quickly removed the chop as it could have contained some more bean pieces. I will check in tomorrow and let everyone know how they are doing. This was such a dumb mistake on my part, and it will def never be repeated.

 

[boysmom]

jmfleish, Raw as in fresh raw.

 

[ncGreyBirdLady]

 

[jmfleish]

jmfleish, Raw as in fresh raw.

So they were dry and hard? Wow! I can't believe they would even bother eating them! Glad to hear they are doing ok. I would guess like others have said that a little isn't going to hurt them. They might also have just chewed them up and not actually ate them. I would say at this point, if they aren't showing any effects, they should probably be fine.

 

[boysmom]

Ruby and Kylie are perfectly fine this morning. Poops look fine also

 

[Cyreen]

Glad everyone's okay.

So they were dry and hard?

I think she meant fresh raw as in pre-dried (i.e. garden fresh).

 

[Merlie]

So they were dry and hard? Wow! I can't believe they would even bother eating them! Glad to hear they are doing ok. I would guess like others have said that a little isn't going to hurt them. They might also have just chewed them up and not actually ate them. I would say at this point, if they aren't showing any effects, they should probably be fine.

Actually, I've seen fava beans sold fresh/raw, not dried, not canned, not frozen, but actually fresh/raw, in the produce section.