Stocking up on chicken feed?

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DobermanGuy

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I am. With all the stuff I have been reading about the drought and feed prices - I figure better safe than sorry...

I only have 6 chickens right now so stockpiling feed for them does not take up much space for me. Currently have 200 lbs on hand and plan to add more soon.

Right now the feed I buy is just over $14.00 for a 50lb bag (Dumor). I feel confident it will cost a lot more in the near future.

Any others have thoughts on this???
 
Problem is, it shouldn't be stored more than 6 months after manufacture. It degrades after that, being a grain product and not in an air tight bag.
 
DobermanGuy said:
I am. With all the stuff I have been reading about the drought and feed prices - I figure better safe than sorry...

I only have 6 chickens right now so stockpiling feed for them does not take up much space for me. Currently have 200 lbs on hand and plan to add more soon.

Right now the feed I buy is just over $14.00 for a 50lb bag (Dumor). I feel confident it will cost a lot more in the near future.

Any others have thoughts on this???
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With only 6 chickens by the time you get through that 200 lbs of that feed it will be stale and lost a lot of its nutrition.

Chris
 
You can get pickle buckets from a local sandwitch shop, add 5 gallon Mylar bags and add oxy obsorbers, then you can store for a year. If you do this make sure you use a value to suck out the air from the Mylar bags, the oxy obsorbers will do the rest. You are smart storing up, many who can do not. I my self have 100 pounds and will be storing another 200 for winter. Using mylar bags and very large oxygen obsorbers will prolong the feed for much much longer.
 
Buy whole grains for them! They store very well if kept cool and dry.

Really you don't want to store the cracked grains longer than 4 months!!!!!!!!

It will go stale and you should see all the vitamin deficiency-sick chickens posted on in the Emergencies section. It can make your chickens very ill.

I have tried to buy the commercial feed ahead of time and it doesn't stay fresh.

Here is an idea of other things you can feed and store:
http://www.mofga.org/Publications/M...r/Summer2003/Chickens/tabid/1481/Default.aspx
http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Feed_ingredients/Grains.html#Quinoa

I feed wheat, millet, rolled barley, rolled oats, cracked corn (org.), BOSS, split peas and unsalted peanuts sometimes, a little kelp meal, and am going to try Austrian peas.(All mixed - 1/3 starter, 2/3 of this mix.)

Offer them grit if serving whole grains (unless you are sure they can find sharp gravel in the soil).
 
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