Wheat bran good or bad?

[Black piggies]

Is dry wheat bran good or bad for piggies? Is it a soft food that means they eat less hay to grind their teeth? Mine go crazy for it as a treat.

 

[Siikibam]

I would say no. Is this wheat bran cereal for humans?

 

[Black piggies]

I would say no. Is this wheat bran cereal for humans?

Wheat bran powder from health food shops. I've never eaten it myself

 

[Eriathwen]

It's fine for them, high in fibre. I mix it in with the soaked 100% grass pellets I feed to my lot to even out the calcium to phosphorus ratio. Over the winter I also mix it with grated root veg

 

[Siikibam]

It's fine for them, high in fibre. I mix it in with the soaked 100% grass pellets I feed to my lot to even out the calcium to phosphorus ratio. Over the winter I also mix it with grated root veg

Ah ok didn’t realise. What is its use?

 

[Eriathwen]

Ah ok didn’t realise. What is its use?

It's use is a bit similar to oats, can be used for bulking them up, as a treat, for fussy or ill pigs to tempt them to eat or for balancing calcium in things, although I don't think oats can be used for that.

 

[Black piggies]

It's fine for them, high in fibre. I mix it in with the soaked 100% grass pellets I feed to my lot to even out the calcium to phosphorus ratio. Over the winter I also mix it with grated root veg

The wheat bran is higher in phosphorus?

 

[Eriathwen]

The wheat bran is higher in phosphorus?

Yes, it's higher in phosphorus than pretty much all other grains or their byproducts I believe. It's 1% phosphorus and only 0.15% calcium