Supplementing with wheat germ oil?

[hennybee]

Is wheat germ oil good for chickens? If so, what is a good brand to use? Also, my chickens never finish their food, and I read that wheat germ oil will go rancid when not refrigerated, so would I have to throw away left over food after a couple days if I coated it with the oil? Not sure I’d want to do that.

 

[BDutch]

Why would you give extra oil?
I don’t think any oil it’s beneficial as supplement.

 

[Perris]

my chickens never finish their food

what are you offering them to eat?

On adding oil (any oil), read this first
Effect of Oils in Feed on the Production Performance and Egg Quality of Laying Hens
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8698086/

 

[Altairsky]

It makes no sense to me to feed wheat germ oil to chickens. These oils are sold already rancid if not refrigerated. Feed them whole oily seeds instead like hemp or Flax.