Feed sack recycling ideas??

[Edie53]

does anyone have any ideas on what to do w/all the feed sacks one collects? I use a couple for recycling (cardboard, cans, #1 plastic), and I wipe off my dog food bags & use them for wrapping packages (inside out so I can use the blank side for addressing). Oh, and I use them as trash bags too.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

One year I filled them with leaves in the fall and put them between coop studs as insulation.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I use them to store dried leaves from fall for the rest of the year, to dump into the run and the compost.

I use them as nest box padding - if you fold them to fit your box exactly the chickens can't dislodge them, and they can be tossed if they become soiled.

 

[Morrigan]

I use some as trash bags, but I've got more than I need for that purpose. I'm going to experiment with using some as a mulch layer in the vegetable garden.

 

[so lucky]

If you are talking about the sort of woven plastic feed bags, there are patterns around for making tote bags out of them. Especially cool if the bag is brand name, like Layena or something with a pretty picture on it. I think some people make them to sell at craft fairs and farmers' markets.

 

[so lucky]

I guess one would say there are tutorials on the net, not patterns. I just googled and there are several.

 

[Ghosty]

I use them to line the bottom of my brooder. One Nutrena bag fits the dimensions of my brooder almost perfectly, though I wish I had made made it a foot longer. I like the nest box idea. You could line poop boards with them as well. We also use the bags to throw rocks in around the yard and garden because they are stout.

 

[BlueBaby]

If you are talking about the sort of woven plastic feed bags, there are patterns around for making tote bags out of them. Especially cool if the bag is brand name, like Layena or something with a pretty picture on it. I think some people make them to sell at craft fairs and farmers' markets.

I've heard of those. What about a smaller version (similar to a zippered make-up bag) that you could put your money from selling your egg money in?

 

[BlueBaby]

I use them to line the bottom of my brooder. One Nutrena bag fits the dimensions of my brooder almost perfectly, though I wish I had made made it a foot longer. I like the nest box idea. You could line poop boards with them as well. We also use the bags to throw rocks in around the yard and garden because they are stout.

Thank's for that brooder idea! I won't have to keep buying those puppy pee-pad's.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

These puzzle me. The bags my feed come in have kind of a shiny, smooth, almost waxy surface on the outside. They are tough and crinkly. I can't imagine using them for a tote bag or any absorbent purpose like poop boards! Containers for rocks, leaves, grass clippings, yes, I can see that. What am i missing?