Arizona Chickens

[cavemanrich]

Be careful with the big bags though. I dumped it into a small galvanized trash bin (15 or 20 galoon) and picked it up, moved it a few inches, repeat, etc. Dropped it on my toe! Over a year later, a trip to the ER, and two podiatrists, and it's just now doing much better.

Maybe it would be better to have the thing that you will store it at sitting up on a pallet, and then dump it in that. No need to be moving it around then and hurting your toes.

When I have heavy items,,, I use multiple coffee cans. I also use them for not so heavy items.. They are easy to handle, and store on my shelves. ( Inside garage)
In the chicken run, I keep large quantities in steel 33 gallon garbage cans. They are stationary there in an area that is covered and protected from weather. All can lids are secured so no animals can open them at night. Mainly concerned about raccoons.

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

Be careful with the big bags though. I dumped it into a small galvanized trash bin (15 or 20 galoon) and picked it up, moved it a few inches, repeat, etc. Dropped it on my toe! Over a year later, a trip to the ER, and two podiatrists, and it's just now doing much better.

Yikes! That sounds painful.

Somebody's chicken coop caught fire near Flagstaff. https://www.facebook.com/flagscanner
That's scary. Wonder what caused it?

 

[Coffee N Chickens]

When I have heavy items,,, I use multiple coffee cans. I also use them for not so heavy items.. They are easy to handle, and store on my shelves. ( Inside garage)
In the chicken run, I keep large quantities in steel 33 gallon garbage cans. They are stationary there in an area that is covered and protected from weather. All can lids are secured so no animals can open them at night. Mainly concerned about raccoons.

Multiple cans sounds like a good idea. The fun part is getting heavy bags up the stairs and onto the porch. I've never seen a raccoon out here, but last week there was an elk on the other side of the fence near the big coop.

 

[BlueBaby]

Yikes! That sounds painful.

Somebody's chicken coop caught fire near Flagstaff. https://www.facebook.com/flagscanner
That's scary. Wonder what caused it?

They most likely ran some electrical heater out there, and it started the fire. That's usually the case when coop's catch fire.

 

[BlueBaby]

Multiple cans sounds like a good idea. The fun part is getting heavy bags up the stairs and onto the porch. I've never seen a raccoon out here, but last week there was an elk on the other side of the fence near the big coop.

Have you tried using a dolly like they use for getting stoves and refrigerator's in and out of houses?

 

[BlueBaby]

I just seen a thread talking about corn shortage prediction's for this year.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...2-tips-for-long-term-storage-of-feed.1509734/

 

[springvalley123]

Maybe it would be better to have the thing that you will store it at sitting up on a pallet, and then dump it in that. No need to be moving it around then and hurting your toes.

yes, it was when I was moving from black canyon to spring valley. and I'd normally scoop it from the bag, instead of lifting the big 50 pound bag to dump it all in.

 

[springvalley123]

Multiple cans sounds like a good idea. The fun part is getting heavy bags up the stairs and onto the porch. I've never seen a raccoon out here, but last week there was an elk on the other side of the fence near the big coop.

I used to open the 50 lb feed bag and take about 10 lbs at a time down the hill to the coop. But now that I have level ground, I can manage the bag from the car to the kitchen. I have used a dolly before.

 

[BlueBaby]

yes, it was when I was moving from black canyon to spring valley. and I'd normally scoop it from the bag, instead of lifting the big 50 pound bag to dump it all in.

Yes, it's easier to scoop then to lift. I even do it with my bag's of dogfood in the house. I scoop it out of the bag until it's light enough to finish lifting to fill the container it's stored in.

 

[springvalley123]

Yes, it's easier to scoop then to lift. I even do it with my bag's of dogfood in the house. I scoop it out of the bag until it's light enough to finish lifting to fill the container it's stored in.

and some day I'll need one of those pour spouts you attach to the bag, so I can pour it into smaller containers once I get the big bag home, so I can lift it out of the car, but not yet...