is this the right stuff buying in the UK

[dwabbit]

As im in the UK some of the names you call the grain may differ here in the UK mainly the animal feed names and not the actual stuff
So Ive been looking at my local feed suppliers site

1st Ive come across this stuff

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Mixed Poultry Corn is suitable for all types of Poultry including Chickens, Turkeys, Geese and Ducks. It contains Wheat and Split Maize.
Typical Analysis: 2.2% Oil, 10.25% Protein, 2% Ash, 2.1% Fibre.
£7.80 for 20kg


2nd is this

Split Maize is suitable for all types of Poultry including Chickens, Turkeys, Geese and Ducks
£9.99 for 20kg

ive found barley for £8.99 for 20kg


but cant find cracked corn but if i am right split maise is the same stuff

[dwabbit]

I think I may have answered my own question
In the UK generically we call most grain crops in the field corn
But actual corn is called corn on the cob or sweet corn
So I'm looking for cracked corn. Where here in the UK it's called split maize

Think we might need a US to UK translator lol

[rad14701]

I think I may have answered my own question
In the UK generically we call most grain crops in the field corn
But actual corn is called corn on the cob or sweet corn
So I'm looking for cracked corn. Where here in the UK it's called split maize

Think we might need a US to UK translator lol

Huh...!!! It's no wonder we Americans think Brits are butchers of the English language...!!! We won't even get into what the Aussies do to it...

[YHB]

Here is an alternative to animal feed and available on every high street in the UK.

http://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopi ... k#p7094270

My first batch is a year old and is truly scrumptious.

Second batch I substituted the Maize meal for Corn from the local HBS, and I think it will be even better.

[Squint]

here ya go, crack it yourself when your going to use it,
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[Paulinka]

The cracked corn I use to buy for my hens are very floury, so I sieve it and use the flour to put in my grain-bill. Otherwise the wind would take it as hens pick up only the bigger shards.

[Dan P.]

Go for "micronized maize". I haven't used it myself, but it is pregelatinized flaked maize. Available at pet/tack shops, or for about 200% more at homebrew shops.

[Paulinka]

Flakes sounds fun, but it is not available here, but flours are good enough for me.

For flours I just boil 3 part water, drop some thermostable alpha in it, then I drop in 1 part of mixed flour (maize, rye, oat, toasted malts) and stir it until it boils again. That time is enough to break up lumps and cook out all the starches, the alpha helps a lot. Then 1 part cold backset goes in to lower the heat and set the pH for the glucoamylase, which goes in between 55-60C. Yeasting at 30C, fermenting at 25, takes a week to finish.