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My wife works in a lab with mice.
I have 200 lbs of "rodent chow" in my garage right now. No wonder we have mice. It's passed the expiration date, and they have government contracts so they cannot use at the lab.

16% protein.

I just can't feed it to my goats even though there is no reason not to. Her daddy feeds it to his cows.

Back to the point. Based on the information you have provided, it is probably OK.
 

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OneFineAcre said:
My wife works in a lab with mice.
I have 200 lbs of "rodent chow" in my garage right now. No wonder we have mice. It's passed the expiration date, and they have government contracts so they cannot use at the lab.

16% protein.

I just can't feed it to my goats even though there is no reason not to. Her daddy feeds it to his cows.

Back to the point. Based on the information you have provided, it is probably OK.
protein is not the only thing you should look at. With goats Fiber is VERY important as well as the protein. The main things I look at in goat feed is the Protein, Fiber, and Fat. I look at everything but to me those are the most important. Most goat feed will have everything close to the same but I have seen these range greatly and you have to be careful what you choose.

What are the other nutrition facts on it?
 

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Straw Hat Kikos said:
OneFineAcre said:
My wife works in a lab with mice.
I have 200 lbs of "rodent chow" in my garage right now. No wonder we have mice. It's passed the expiration date, and they have government contracts so they cannot use at the lab.

16% protein.

I just can't feed it to my goats even though there is no reason not to. Her daddy feeds it to his cows.

Back to the point. Based on the information you have provided, it is probably OK.
protein is not the only thing you should look at. With goats Fiber is VERY important as well as the protein. The main things I look at in goat feed is the Protein, Fiber, and Fat. I look at everything but to me those are the most important. Most goat feed will have everything close to the same but I have seen these range greatly and you have to be careful what you choose.

What are the other nutrition facts on it?
I'm just not interested in feeding it to them. She doesn't get it very often. See no need to make these types of temporary changes to diet just to save a few dollars. Her daddy can keep feeding it to his cows. It's such a small amount relative to his numbers it doesn't make a big deal.

She used to access to left over brewers grains from a local brewery. Her dad had a few hogs then. That was some great free food.
 

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I'm just not interested in feeding it to them. She doesn't get it very often. See no need to make these types of temporary changes to diet just to save a few dollars. Her daddy can keep feeding it to his cows. It's such a small amount relative to his numbers it doesn't make a big deal.

She used to access to left over brewers grains from a local brewery. Her dad had a few hogs then. That was some great free food.
Yeah I agree. No need to change everything for a once-in-a-while deal. And for the cattle...like you said, so little it doesn't make a difference.

I know a guy that feeds his goats only that. He is in Raleigh as you are.
 

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