[Jacob-list] strange question

[Hannah]

Hello,

My church has a popcorn machine.  There are two families at church with
chickens (us included) and that stuff never goes to waste.  I would think
that you could feed it to sheep, but you would want to check the
ingredients on the theater's popping oil.  Sometimes its no more than
coconut oil and flavoring.  In this case it would be fine.  However,
sometimes it has additives that even I wouldn't eat, much less feed to
sheep.  When incorporating it into their ration, treat it like corn, in
that too much will cause hoof problems and the overgrowth of pre-birth
lambs.

Good luck!

Hk



> This may be the strangest question ever on the list, but I can't seem to

> make a decision, so I need to ask your advice.  My daughter works four

> nights a

> week at a movie theater, and each night the employees take home huge  bags

> of

> popcorn, or they throw it out.  I think I have two kitchen trash  bags

> full

> right now.  When the popcorn gets old, I've considered tossing it  into

> the

> yard, but am afraid it might harm the sheep in some way.  I hate  to see

> anything

> go to waste.  The popcorn is cooked in "popping oil"  (nothing more

> definitive) and then salted with "popcorn salt".  Do you  think the

> popcorn would be

> safe for them to eat if they picked it up in the  yard, or if I were to

> mix a

> little with their grain every night?   Would I need to get them little

> toothpicks

> for when the kernels get stuck in  their teeth?  :-)

>

> Kathey

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