Problems found for milo grain as feed????

[partimer]

Howdy; Has anyone found problems with feeding milo grain in the feed??? and thanx At present I am mixing red wheat corn and milo. In an article about chick feed there was mention not to feed milo grain. WHY NOT????

 

[MountainChook]

I know that this is an old thread but thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. I feed my chickens milo. I mix it in with their scratch feed. They eat it first, picking it out before anything else. They love it. It doesn't seem to have hurt them any, I don't know if it is bird resisant or GMO. I buy it at my local feed mill which is small in 50Lb bags for $18.95 and it last about a month and a half in the winter. I have 30 chickens and 1 guinea. I have planted the seeds that I had left over and they did come up but I didn't plant them soon enough to have a good harvest.

 

[Speceider]

Some milo or feed grain is bred to repel birds. If you have ever seen a ripe field of milo during the fall black bird migration you can understand the farmers' need for bird resistant milo.

Chickens btw are birds and avian resistant milo repels chickens, or at least that is the theory.

I would like to see a scientific reference for that....I am unaware of the ability to breed for bird resistance.

Clint

 

[Kelsie2290]

I would like to see a scientific reference for that....I am unaware of the ability to breed for bird resistance.

Clint

http://www.feedipedia.org/node/224
See the section on High-Tannin or "bird resistant" sorghums.

 

[Speceider]

http://www.feedipedia.org/node/224
See the section on High-Tannin or "bird resistant" sorghums.

Thanks!

But I would wonder why those strains of milo would be included in poultry feeds because they can be identified.

Clint

 

[CrazyTalk]

Feedipedia is the best place to check for stuff like this - as to tannins - 99% of the sorghum in the USA is tannin-free cultivars.

http://www.feedipedia.org/node/224

 

[saysfaa]

How do you introduce oyster shells and granite grit to chickens? Mixed with food ?

The person you quoted hasn't logged on in over a year. If you don't mind someone else answering...

It is best to offer oyster shell and granite grit separate from their food. That makes it easier for them to take what they need and easier to see how much they are taking.

Most people offer them in containers of some kind, some scatter them across the floor. I prefer containers.

Mine are orange juice bottles with a 2" circle cut out of the side of each. I made a wooden frame out of small pieces of wood so I could screw them into the side of the coop.

Some people use cups designed for hanging on the sides of rabbit or hamster cages. Some have ceramic bowls (like for rabbits) on the floor or on a stand of some kind.

The chickens don't usually care how it is offered.

If it is where rain might fall in it, you probably want to drill some drain holes in the bottom.

 

[cw]

boy i dont , just a bumb as we have fed milo for ages, also grow for fodder in a field for chickens and calves to graze on

 

[DonnaBelle]

I give my chickens some "scratch" as a treat in the am and pm. But the food they have in the hen house is a laying pellet I get from the feed store. My chickens have a "yard" about 40' x 60'. It is a electric fenced in area.

I know people used to feed corn, wheat, milo to their chickens. I expect lots of eggs from mine, so I give them the pellets too. They also need oyster shell for calcium for the egg shells, and granite grit for their gizzards.

Hope this helps.

I will say this: My husband feeds his quail corn & milo, but then they don't live very long lives, so whatever is cheapest is fine for them,

DonnaBelle

 

[catdaddyfro]

Milo is a perfectly good grain to feed chickens as the hen scratch that I've mostly used usually contains about 50% chopped/cracked corn, prolly 35% milo and the other 15% is either wheat or oats sometimes both, just enough to say its in there usually.

So its fine to feed as a treat as long as it is not the sole ration of the chickens diet, because it is only about 8% protien and not a very good source of vitamins/minerals that a chicken needs to be productive. It'll keep them alive but not a very healthy life.

catdaddy