I am wanting to raise my own meal-worms. The closest place to get wheat bran for them sells them in 50lbs bags for $16. not a bad price. However, I don't need 50lbs of substrate for worms! But if my chicken's can/will/should eat it I'm good.
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Love this idea! I was planning to try fermenting too. I really want to make sure I'm prepared for winter. I've been researching fermenting recipes. Do you mind sharing how you make yours?Wheat bran is a very nutritious feed amendment. Since it's so light and fluffy, I've found the easiest way for them to consume it is to mix it in with the fermented feed I make for them. I don't ever measure, but I think I've used about 6-10 cups bran in a 5 gallon bucket (the rest is feed) when I've used in it the fermented feed.
Another idea would be to take the powdery fines from the bottom of their feeder (which is full of minerals and vitamins), mix it with some wheat bran and then mix in some water and yogurt/kefir to make a tasty slurry they'll gobble down.
Love this idea! I was planning to try fermenting too. I really want to make sure I'm prepared for winter. I've been researching fermenting recipes. Do you mind sharing how you make yours?
I know that this post is 2 years old, but I just googled whether chickens can eat wheat bran and this popped up. We grind our own flour and are constantly looking for things to do with the extra bran. Making fermented chicken feed with it sounds like a great idea! Thanks for already asking/solving this problem!