Cooked grains

[grobbul]

Hello everyone, I would like to ask whether it is allright to feed cooked grains (wheat/oats/barley) to the chickens?

I normally give them raw grains, but I just found out that there are rats where the grains are being storaged (only saw 1 or 2, but still...). I just can't throw it away and let it waste, because there's too much of it, thus I wanted to boil it in order to clean it a little bit. So is it safe to give them cooked grains?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Yes it is safe. In fact sometimes better because things like whole raw oats may have too much fiber for chickens.

 

[nchls school]

Yes. Chickens can have cooked grains. Cooking removes nutrients so don't cook any more than necessary. If you have a lot of grain stored soaking the grain in a solution of 1 part bleach to 10 parts water and then rinsing the grain in clean water might work. I have never done this so if someone more experienced says to not do this, listen to their advice.