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Mon, Feb 16, 09 at 7:51
| Does anyone have experience with feeding banana seeds to chickens? Do they need to be crushed? What is their food value? Do chickens find them tasty? |
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| Er..um, what do you mean banana 'seeds'? Bananas don't really produce seeds. Are you talking about the musa (banana) species, or some other plant? Now I'm curious! |
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| Or do bananas produce seeds? Do you mean that droopy flower thing actually produces seeds? I didn't know that, cool... |
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- Posted by sultry_jasmine_night Florida z9 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 17, 09 at 13:13
| I've never heard of feeding banana seeds to chickens. If the seeds were small enoughthey would prob eat it though lol. I imagine it would have potassium in it? Not sure what all else or if it would even be good for them. Mostly the decorative types of bananas only produce seeds. I have read that the Musella lasiocarpa(chinese yellow banana) is used for fodder for pigs in China, but I don't know if the seeds are included. ~SJN |
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| Yes, some varieties of bananas have seeds (often in abundance). Some examples are Musa velutina, Musa ornata, and Musa basjoo. I'm still looking for some answers. |
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