Chickens and seed eating birds are actually have evolved different digestive
enzymes that aren't inactivated by the protease inhibitors in grains. ie
they're supposed to eat grains. Our digestive enzymes are knocked out, ie
we're not supposed to eat them, and indeed cannot unless they're cooked.

Ben Balzer

> Todd Moody wrote:
> > Susan, chickens are supposed to eat grains.  They have sharp
> > beaks for pecking, which gives them access to seeds (grains) that
> > have fallen to the ground, as well as bugs, worms, and similar
> > stuff.  I see no reason why canola seed wouldn't be a reasonable
> > thing for birds to eat.  Birds in general like to eat seeds of
> > all kinds, and I'm sure that if they were in an area where
> > rapeweed grows they would eat whatever seeds they could find.
> >
> > I think you have the idea that it is un-paleo for *any* animal to
> > eat grains, or for humans to eat any grain-eating animal.  This
> > is mistaken.  Grains and other seeds are an important part of the
> > food chain, and so are the animals that eat them.  Chickens are
> > paleo, even if they don't agree with you for some reason.