Poultry feed as ingredient to brew with?

[Peruvian802]

I've got a reversal from the 'can I feed spent grains to my chickens' threads. I've got about 30 lbs of left over broiler feed that I wonder if I can brew with. I'm thinking of adding 1-5 lbs to some 2 row and a little crystal and making a pale ale or similar.

How terrible of an idea is this?

 

[waldoar15]

Check and see what's added to it first (besides rat crap).

 

[EdMerican]

Lots of folks on the "high octane "brewing"" side of things use plain sweet feed as a first source. Has barley, corn, oatmeal, sorghum and a couple other things in it. Works great and *allegedly* tasted pretty darn good after everything is processed.

 

[Kent88]

I wouldn't