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2/27/11 at 10:14am

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I fed my chickens the spent beer grains from my latest beer batch. They went nuts over it!

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2/27/11 at 10:20am

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that is good to know, i have been dumping mine but that makes no sense, they get a grain treat this afternoon!

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2/27/11 at 10:22am

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yippiechickie We do the same! We used to just give them a small bowl full of the spent grains, but they go so crazy over it, we've started dumping the entire batch of spent grains into their run.

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2/27/11 at 2:11pm

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Excellent idea, there is a microbrewery in town that I am going to check with to see if they will share. It is Rock Art brewery in Morrisville VT.

Russo's Roost, our little farm on 2 1/2 acres in Morrisville Vermont. 3 Golden Comets, Haley (get it, Haley's COMET) Cybil and Tinkerbell, 3 Barred Plymouth Rocks, BB, Brigitte and Blondie, all hatched on May 7, 2009

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2/27/11 at 2:16pm

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Just be careful not to let it go moldy on you before feeding!!

Read about Egyptian Fayoumis here: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/316739/egyptian-fayoumis-info and more here: http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/281062/fayoumi-bigawi-qarafa-and-old-egyptian

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2/28/11 at 3:40pm

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I store my spent grains in my freezer. Since I have not had chickens for a while (but some due to hatch in 9 days) my freezer now has no room for human food - big_smile The grains are in one gallon zip-lock freezer bags.

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2/28/11 at 3:40pm

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Now feed them a little hops and their eggs will taste like beer smile

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3/1/11 at 9:12am

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Now feed them a little hops and their eggs will taste like beer smile

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2/13/12 at 12:17am

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I've managed to get a promise of brewers spent grains from a microbrewery opening up in town. Has anyone tried adding lime to spent grains- not sure how much is needed but I hear that it can keep the wet stuff ok for over 30 days or more. I might experiment when I have some...

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2/14/12 at 11:45am

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I would sooner try drying the spent grains. I've successfully dried 5 pounds or so of wet grain in the oven but it took quite a while. I intend to try something similar to Alton browns (from good eats on food network) dehydrating contraption using a box fan and some cellulose furnace filters.