can we eat wheat packaged for chickens?

Grain for human consumption has a lower allowable limit for insect parts and insecticide content. You'd probably be alright eating this stuff if you washed it very well before cooking but I wouldn't make a habit of it.

It's fine, just sift it first. Once cleaned its just wheat.

I've done it. don't lick the batter if you are immune compromised. Anything bad in it would be cooked out.

Ok thanks guys, I might get some as an emergency measure.

Unknown to many, the practice of buying defective food to feed to animals go back for decades

Rolled oats, wheat, rolled corn that is for livestock can and has been used in my household before. Just go thru it carefully before you grind it. Take out anything you think does not belong. Make sure there is no mold on any of the grain!!

Store it in a cool, dry place or put into gallon jars and store in a cool, dry place. IF you have room you can place the whole grains into a refer or freezer for a short period of time, a week should do it. That kills off any insects and such that might hatch and ruin your flour once ground.

I regularly buy 50lbs bags of feed wheat for my chickens.
I find leaves, stems and an occasional bug in it. Before milling/grinding it, I would clean it well. You can put it in 1 gallon bags, and put in freezer to kill any crawlies.

I usually will sprout it by soaking it overnight in water, then drain it, then rinse and drain twice per day. Once they sprout and have tails on them they are a lot more nutritional. Besides, sprouting them gives them a natural sweetness. I eat a couple of bowls per week with milk.

Just keep on tinsing/draining and they will get long like Chinese been sprouts.

If you want to make bread, beer, or wheat whisky, al you need to do is: sprout them and as soon as the tails are about 1/4 inch long, spread them out on a cookie sheet and dry them back out in oven before grinding. Makes grinding them a whole lot easier also!

A good bread recipe is Ezekiel Bread or Essene bread
Here's a link to a recipe:

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Just put your favorite fruit in it, Yum! If you put some grapes the dough, don't wash the powder off the grapes. It's yeast and is good for you, plus it will make your bread rise.

Wow, great extra info, so good to have GLP experts on survival on call in these times.

Wow, great extra info, so good to have GLP experts on survival on call in these times.