The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: moprabbit on January 07, 2013, 10:00:42 am
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I've just put a post on the poultry site about a friend of mine who has a micro brewery and has given me a load of corn (barley I presume) that is a waste product. I'm presuming it might be ok for the chickens but not for the sheep? Would others agree? Thanks
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If they are brewers grains (as It sounds like) they are perfectly ok for feeding to sheep.
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the spent grain is boiled barley grains, and yes it is good for sheep, they may take a day or 2 to get used to it, but soon enjoy it. However you need to consider minerals when feeding it as it will cause a mineral imbalance. We feed it with some added sugarbeet which helps to balance the Ca:P ratio and add additional general sheep minerals.
It should give you good savings on your feed bill!