Peanuts and chickens go together in the South like peanut butter and jelly, so feeding peanuts to chickens could be a win-win.
Dr. Ondulla Toomer, with the USDA-ARS Food Science and Market Quality and Handling Research Unit, has found in her research that feeding high-oleic peanuts to meat-type broiler chickens enhances the fatty acid profile of the meat produced.
“Peanuts can be utilized to enhance poultry and egg production to produce premium quality enriched eggs and poultry meat,” said Dr. Toomer in a brief interview after her presentation at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. “This could mean some expanded market utilization for peanuts.”
