Brewers grains

[starden]

Evening all

Have free access to 250kgs a week. Was going to feed it to lambs. What's the feed value like? How best to feed it?

 

[spin cycle]

lucky bugger

 

[Wink]

Would be interested to hear more on this subject too. Got a call this week being offered some from a new micro brewery.

How much roughly does a micro brewery produce a week?

How long do the brewers grains keep for?

I was going to feed it to pigs but hadn't considered lambs so thanks for asking the question @starden .

 

[starden]

Thanks, just want to make best use of it seeing as it's free. It may get upto a ton a week. So may have to look into storing it aswell.

 

[GenuineRisk]

Don't know for sheep but I feed them everyday to the young bulls and show and growing heifers, along with our home mixed hard grub. We have a load of palicons we've amassed over the years and we leave them at the local micro brewery (Exmoor Ales) and collect every Thursday. They'll keep a week or so that way. I am currently shoveling the BG into two wheelbarrows, adding the meal, mixing it up and then trundling round filling up feeders. Hasn't been best thing ever for replacement hip but cattle do very well on it!!

 

[Yale]

We get some from our local microbrewery.

Generally feed it to cattle however have just got 3 weaners,pigs to do over the summer for sausages later.

You have to be careful not to give too much as there is a lack of some amino acid in the grain which can cause issues apparently.

We collect ours in Dolav box which we provide.

Drill some 10mm holes in the bottom to allow to drain and another tip is when you get it home consolidate the grain by getting in with wellingtons and compacting it down,this removes air and it keeps far better I have found.

Then every day take a thin layer off the top with a shovel and it keeps fresh.

These bins are ideal to fork into the back of a pickup.