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Hens , feeding query

rje66 · 2021-03-03 21:51:09

I'm a home brewer and regularly have 5ish kg of used grain , mostly barley, that I throw out to compost bin. Would this type of grain be useful for feeding poultry?. The reason I ask is, I'm sure they'll eat it but is it nutritionally any good for them as it will have no carbohydrates, I think???

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03-03-2021 10:51pm

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rje66

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I'm a home brewer and regularly have 5ish kg of used grain , mostly barley, that I throw out to compost bin. Would this type of grain be useful for feeding poultry?. The reason I ask is, I'm sure they'll eat it but is it nutritionally any good for them as it will have no carbohydrates, I think???

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#2 03-03-2021 11:04pm
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I find ours just about ignore it. Somehow they know its not worth the bother. But like anything they will graze it just the same way they will graze on expanded foam if you leave it where they can get at it. Basically ours won't eat much of it but will try some in passing.

Wake me up when it's all over.

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