Chicken Fodder

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know whether I can feed sugarbeet of my flock.

Could I give it raw or does it need cooking. I found them in the middle of the road. Love free food. :lol:

 

[snifter]

I'd never give it raw as it will expand once it comes into contact with fluid. Have you seen how much a handful expands to when a bit of water is added? Its huge :? Can fill a bucket :shock:

I'd not give it personally. I know when we had horses my hens would wander into the stable and finish off the leftover horse feed which had a bit of beet left in it, but I never gave it to them as part of their actual diet. Someone else might say different of course

 

[Anonymous]

Ditto to Snifter's advice,also If it can put weight on a chook the way it does a horse I wouldn't personally use it.It doesn't have a lot of nutrional value for a chook,and,would fill them up so they didn't eat the foods they did need.Dry i'm sure it would kill a chook.Glad you asked before feeding it.