commonburrplantandco
In the Brooder
- Nov 14, 2017
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Hey BYC community,
So my local supermarket had a Black Friday sale of sorts; they marked down all day-old bread to $0.25. Of course, now I'm stuck with 8 huge loaves of bread that I can't possibly all eat by myself. So, I was thinking I could give some to my chickens. I fed them (6 hens around 20 weeks old, one of which is laying, and a rooster) about 5 or so slices today, and they absolutely loved it. I was wondering how much bread I can give them daily in addition to their usual grower feed without overfeeding them (trying to get rid of the bread before it goes bad) and what (if any) nutritional benefits does bread hold for chickens.
Thanks!
EDIT: just clarifying that these are loaves of scali bread and dinner rolls
So my local supermarket had a Black Friday sale of sorts; they marked down all day-old bread to $0.25. Of course, now I'm stuck with 8 huge loaves of bread that I can't possibly all eat by myself. So, I was thinking I could give some to my chickens. I fed them (6 hens around 20 weeks old, one of which is laying, and a rooster) about 5 or so slices today, and they absolutely loved it. I was wondering how much bread I can give them daily in addition to their usual grower feed without overfeeding them (trying to get rid of the bread before it goes bad) and what (if any) nutritional benefits does bread hold for chickens.
Thanks!
EDIT: just clarifying that these are loaves of scali bread and dinner rolls