I just got back into raising backyard chickens and I have a couple of 5gal pails full of OLD lay pellets. They have been stored with the lids on and there is no apparent moisture The color has faded a little, but other than that, they look perfectly good. Some dry packed grains can last 4-30 yrs...
A tag on one of my old Hickman feed sacks made this comment about mash vs pellets. "The heat of pelleting destroys some of the vitamin content of the feed. In order to get the same level of of vitamin fortification in the pellet as in the mash, more would need to be added to the pellet...
I TRIED USING SAWDUST BEDDING MATERIAL FOR MY WEEK OLD CHICKS AND THEY STARTING EATING IT, SO I REMOVED IT. THE CHICKS ARE NOW A MONTH OLD, AND HAVE LEARNED WHERE THEIR FOOD IS. SHOULD I TRY SAWDUST AGAIN? ARE ANY OF YOU USING SAWDUST FOR BEDDING MATERIAL?