Question about rolled oats

[Going Bhonkers]

Are rolled oats (for geese) the same as regular oatmeal, like Quaker oats?

 

[Oregon Blues]

Go to your local feed store and buy rolled oats there. You will get a whole oat, complete with hull, that has been through some steam rolling processing equipment. The oat will look whole but one end will have been broken open.

Oatmeal for people has the hull removed and it is flaked into small flakes. Goslings would probably eat it. It is quite expensive compared to feed oats.

 

[Going Bhonkers]

Okay, thank you! And, I just give it to them as is, right? (Just dry, right?)

 

[Iain Utah]

Yes. A 50lb bag of rolled oats should cost between $12-15 depending on where you live.

 

[Going Bhonkers]

Okay, thank you!

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Well now, i've been buying rolled oats in the grocery store. They are like the Quaker Oats, in flakes. Then i bought a bag of "rolled/crimped oats" at the feed store and was perplexed when i opened the bag. i wasn't sure if the geese could or should eat those, as they looked as Oregon Blues described. So i just kept buying the rolled oats from the store. Everyone seems to like them - geese, goats, and ducks.

i guess i'll put some of the crimped oats out now and see how it goes. i wonder if the goats would like them, too? How does that song go? Mares eats oats, and does eat oats . . .

 

[zooweemama]

Oh my gosh. I am so glad this was asked. I honestly thought I would have to break the bank stocking up on Quakers Oats!

 

[Trefoil]

Is there a reason to feed adult ducks rolled oats?

 

[Trefoil]

oops, sorry about that, I thought I was in the duck thread. My geese eat whole wheat, they have access to chicken layer and game bird, as well as whole oats and cracked corn, because I free range during the day. But this thread got me wondering if there was a reason to feed rolled oats.

 

[zooweemama]

oops, sorry about that, I thought I was in the duck thread. My geese eat whole wheat, they have access to chicken layer and game bird, as well as whole oats and cracked corn, because I free range during the day. But this thread got me wondering if there was a reason to feed rolled oats.

People use it to cut the protein levels of feed. Sometimes the feeds available are too high in protein for their stage of life.