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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: harry on February 04, 2012, 08:17:00 pm

Title: spent brewers grain
Post by: harry on February 04, 2012, 08:17:00 pm

ive got access to a regular amount of spent brewers grain, probably to much for my pigs, anyone reared meat birds on this stuff, i know to much just puts on fat in poultry but anyone done this and with which breed

Title: Re: spent brewers grain
Post by: chrismahon on February 04, 2012, 08:32:15 pm

Does it contain alcohol because if it does its bad news for chickens? They get drunk on the tinyest amount. Would also worry about sour crop.

Title: Re: spent brewers grain
Post by: harry on February 05, 2012, 04:55:50 pm

no alcohol its boiled grain ??? ??? ???.... also fresh not sour it takes about 2 weeks to go sour, anyone used it for poultry growers,