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We have a local brewery who lets us take the leftover grains as feed for our pigs and chickens.
The grain is made up of barely, wheat and whatever else they use to make beer.
We share this mash with a neighbor who is concerned about keeping the mash in smaller containers so it doesn't get warm, compost and break down the proteins in the grain.
With the fermented feed discussions going on here, I am wondering if the decomposing of the mash is actually a fermentation process and a good thing.
Our chickens and pigs LOVE it! and we love it because it's FREE!
All our chickens and pigs have pasture to forage on as well. And, I was going to add calcium to the mash for my laying hens.
Has anyone else used brewery by-products as feed? What other nutritional concerns do you think I should have?
Thanks!!
Annie
The grain is made up of barely, wheat and whatever else they use to make beer.
We share this mash with a neighbor who is concerned about keeping the mash in smaller containers so it doesn't get warm, compost and break down the proteins in the grain.
With the fermented feed discussions going on here, I am wondering if the decomposing of the mash is actually a fermentation process and a good thing.
Our chickens and pigs LOVE it! and we love it because it's FREE!
All our chickens and pigs have pasture to forage on as well. And, I was going to add calcium to the mash for my laying hens.
Has anyone else used brewery by-products as feed? What other nutritional concerns do you think I should have?
Thanks!!
Annie
