Wheat bran as food

[fenceman48]

I've started a mealworm farm & bought a bag of wheat bran. I only used a small portion of it. Can I feed the rest to my chickens? Is there any nutritional value to it? Hate to just throw so much of it away. Warm weather coming & I'm afraid bugs will get into it.

 

[Hyline]

You can, but it is very high in phosphorus, so they will need extra calcium to balance the increased phosphorus in the diet. Mixed 50:50 with lucerne (alfalfa) would be ideal I use it for my horses and find that in a rodent proof bin (like a 70L plastic rubbish bin) it lasts for quite a long time. My hens are not keen on it though.