Author Topic: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......  (Read 2860 times)

sam.t

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • goole east yorkshire
HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« on: October 24, 2010, 06:11:06 pm »
SOME BARLEY BUT DONT NO IF ANY GOOD FOR CHICKENS OR WHAT TO DO WITH IT
I ALSO HAVE 2 GOATS
SAM :chook: :goat:

little blue

  • Joined Jun 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2010, 06:49:42 pm »
both the hens and goats will enjoy the barley, as long as it looks nice and fresh....
what a nice gift!  ;)
Little Blue

sheila

  • Joined Apr 2008
  • Mablethorpe Lincolnshire
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2010, 09:06:33 am »
can you make whiskey with it? L.O.L

OhLaLa

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2010, 09:11:04 am »
Whole Barley? If so I personally wouldn't feed it by choice (can irritate their throats), but they will eat it readily.

 :chook:  :farmer:

sam.t

  • Joined Mar 2009
  • goole east yorkshire
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2010, 02:22:02 pm »
yes whole barley 50kg of the stuff did no if a cooked it first would help
think whiskey looking best bet at minute lol
sam :chook: :goat:

OhLaLa

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2010, 03:36:24 pm »
Just a thought - I've never done it because as said, I don't buy it now - but you could try sprouting it for them.

Further to my first reply, plenty of people do feed whole barley as part of their birds diet, I just don't as when starting out I made up a mixed feed and the birds didn't get on well with it, looking into it I was told it could set up an irritation in the crop so I never bought it again after that.

Best wishes.

 :chook:  :farmer:


clumbaboy

  • Joined Aug 2009
  • Gretna
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2010, 04:42:38 pm »
Hi Everyone,
            Not feeding barley does not sound good as I have just accquired a 1 ton bag of it   :(

OhLaLa

  • Joined Sep 2010
Re: HAVE BEEN GIVEN.......
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2010, 06:08:54 pm »
Oh dear - I feel bad now! If it helps, if I was given a few bags of the stuff I'd be scouring the internet looking for ways to feed it to my animals.....

 :-[

 

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