Help with feed MADE date???

[Pats Poultry]

one more question along those same lines. I only have three pullets and all I could find for Nutrena layer feed is s fifty pound bag. I realize that my 3 birds are not going to go thru that much food in a 2 month period. Is there any way to preserve it to last longer. Does anyone now of a layer feed that comes in a smaller pound bag, say like tens pounds. I hate to be buying fifty pounds every two months and then trashing 40 pounds of it but will do that if that is what it comes to.

 

[lazy gardener]

.25 x 3 x 60 = 45. According to my calculations, you would only have 5# left at the end of 60 days. Of course, that's assuming that your birds are piggies, and that you are not fermenting your feed. (your feed budget will go about 30% further if you ferment.) Do you by chance have a large freezer? If so, perhaps you could put about 15# of feed in the freezer when you buy a new bag of feed, and take it out when you use up the first 35#. If you did freeze some of it, you would need to be sure it's in an air tight container, and not open that till the feed came up to room temp to keep it from gaining condensation moisture.

 

[Pats Poultry]

Thanks Lazy Gardener,
They are not the biggest eaters on earth but I do give them veggies almost daily. I would have never thought about freezing their feed. I will start doing that with my next bag. You are just a wealth of valuable information. Thank you again

 

[lazy gardener]

YVW.

 

[Calichicken2015]

Some where on every bag of feed, there should be a mill date. It may be difficult to find. All the feed I buy has the mill date on the end binding. It will either be written as a Julian Date, or simply as a Month and Date. One of the feed stores I buy from will have a Julian Date with a 7 at the end (indicating 2017). If you can't find it, ask the store manager for assistance, or do a google search of the company that produces the feed. As a customer, you have a right to know how fresh the feed is. And if a store manager tells you that feed is good for 6 months, do your shopping elsewhere. They should not give you a hard time about it.

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26228_01/doc.93/e21961/julian_date_conv.htm#WEAWX259

.25 x 3 x 60 = 45. According to my calculations, you would only have 5# left at the end of 60 days. Of course, that's assuming that your birds are piggies, and that you are not fermenting your feed. (your feed budget will go about 30% further if you ferment.) Do you by chance have a large freezer? If so, perhaps you could put about 15# of feed in the freezer when you buy a new bag of feed, and take it out when you use up the first 35#. If you did freeze some of it, you would need to be sure it's in an air tight container, and not open that till the feed came up to room temp to keep it from gaining condensation moisture.

Thank you! Very good info!!!