would you feed out of date protein drinks

[rosegal]

to your chickens? I found a box full of the kirkland protein drinks in the garage, and don't want to throw them out if they can be used for the chickens.
La Donna:/

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

How far out of date?

 

[rosegal]

2 months

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Think I would throw them out.

 

[mtnhomechick]

I'd probably drink them myself if they tasted OK.

 

[patandchickens]

I'd check the sodium content first, sometimes things like that can be surprisingly high in sodium and chickens have a low tolerance for overdoses of sodium.

Frankly I'd be a lot more likely to just chuck it on the garden or in the compost pile. If I did try feeding it to chickens I would give them only a *little* per day.


Pat

 

[EliteTempleton]

If it's carbonated then no, chicken's cannot burp.

Otherwise I don't worry about some arbitrary FDA "expiration" date on things much anymore after reading a bunch on food storage and especially that article on mother earth news about how long eggs can store, I'm sure the FDA would not approve of an 8 months time stamp...

I agree though I would probably just drink it myself. If I drank that stuff. Heck I'm drinking kool-aid that expired sometime in 2005 or so, tastes just fine.

 

[carress]

I'd drink them myself.
If you give them to the birds, maybe you should space them out so they don't OD on any of the minerals

 

[gumpsgirl]

I wouldn't. To much protein could mess them up.

 

[cmom]

I don't think it would hurt in moderation. I would text it myself first and see how it smells and tastes.