What to Use to Grind Corn for Chicken Feed
Do you grind or mill whole corn for feed?
- Thread starter Clay in MS
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I was thinking about buying whole rather than chopped corn to save a few bucks. Deer corn is about $3 cheaper around here. What kind of grinder or mill would you suggest?
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I actually grind wheat for my birds. I set my grinder for a medium grind that gives me a blend of cracked wheat and whole wheat flour that I mix with boiling water and a little corn meal and stir every couple minutes for about 10 minutes. It should be wet and soft when done. I then add whatever I have laying around into the mix. I add applesauce, bananas, raisins, yogurt or whatever else I can find. It's also a good way to feed back crushed egg shell or cooked eggs..
This is the grinder that I use. I can grind a pound of whole wheat or whole corn into flour in a few minutes and highly recommend it for the great price and nice construction.
I feed my hens scratch as a treat in the morning and it has lots of cracked corn in it but the above formula should work with corn as well...
This is the grinder that I use. I can grind a pound of whole wheat or whole corn into flour in a few minutes and highly recommend it for the great price and nice construction.
I feed my hens scratch as a treat in the morning and it has lots of cracked corn in it but the above formula should work with corn as well...
- #3
Why do you crack wheat?? Chickens love it whole. Just curious. They can eat whole corn right off the cob also.
I actually grind wheat for my birds. I set my grinder for a medium grind that gives me a blend of cracked wheat and whole wheat flour that I mix with boiling water and a little corn meal and stir every couple minutes for about 10 minutes. It should be wet and soft when done. I then add whatever I have laying around into the mix. I add applesauce, bananas, raisins, yogurt or whatever else I can find. It's also a good way to feed back crushed egg shell or cooked eggs..
This is the grinder that I use. I can grind a pound of whole wheat or whole corn into flour in a few minutes and highly recommend it for the great price and nice construction.
I feed my hens scratch as a treat in the morning and it has lots of cracked corn in it but the above formula should work with corn as well...
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Mine wont eat whole corn.
Needless to say, my next bag won't have whole corn in it.
Needless to say, my next bag won't have whole corn in it.
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Why do you crack wheat?? Chickens love it whole. Just curious. They can eat whole corn right off the cob also.
I'm just being a nice guy... I do it that way so that it can be fed to them warm when it's cold outside and I can add stuff they like to it.. It takes a very little time for the ground wheat to soak up the hot water and get to the same consistency as warm oatmeal. They seem to enjoy it very much and I would think that it would be easy for them to digest..
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Whole and cracked are almost same price here
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This is the grinder that I use. I can grind a pound of whole wheat or whole corn into flour in a few minutes and highly recommend it for the great price and nice construction.
I'd like to know what grinder you use, please, it didn't show up in your post.
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I buy whole corn in bulk as I finish out my pigs on it. I use an old bur mill with a hand crank to grind my corn into scratch for my chickens. I set it back to where it just cracks and flakes the corn.
I will try to get a picture posted in the AM
I will try to get a picture posted in the AM
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