Would you buy a 25# bag of feed?

[ranchhand]

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Isn't it amazing the way we women can get things done even when we can't get it done.!

Yep.

I love puzzles, so when my legs started going, I started solving! Even before that my neighbors called me "Ruby Goldberg", after Rube Goldberg, who could rig anything!

My DH is about my size and age, so if it isn't easy for me it isn't easy for him.

 

[Carols Clucks]

We only buy the 25# bags. Mom is 87, she tries to move stuff around.......

Even with the 25# bags we usually load in a wagon (rusty red flyer) to roll to the chicken yard. The nice thing, is we can set 3 bags in a large trash can and access all of them easy.

 

[gryeyes]

If there was no difference in price, or very little difference - being real, here - I would buy 25# bags in multiples. I need 50# a week, but it would be SO much easier for me to take the smaller bags out of the RAV4 and lug 'em back to the garbage cans in which I store feed. I have a dolly, but have NOT figured out how to load more than one 50# bag on it, yet. It's easier to lug something I can carry, a few trips, than mess with the dolly stored in the back yard, and drag it through the mud right now.

 

[jomoncon]

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I agree with you. I bought a 50 pound bag of food just 2 days ago for 13.95. The 25 pound bag was 10. With that price difference, I can't afford the 25 pound bags.

 

[cabincrazyone]

How about this ... buy a 50 lb bag. When you get home, open it while it's in the car and scoop into a smaller container. Two or three trips and you're done.

Save five more bucks by having a clerk put a 100 lb bag in your trunk ... and scoop it out at home.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Ditto

 

[Teach97]

I would like to get 100# sacks...

I usually buy in barrels anyways and then mix my own...

 

[crosbygroup]

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Another option is to just leave the 50# bag in your car. Assuming it's upright, use it to fill your chicken's feed container until the bag gets light enough to lift out. Tie it shut with a piece of heavy string (baling twine?) to keep it from spilling out while you drive. Cover it with a blanket if it looks strange running around town with a feed bag in the back. But it sure beats hurting your back!

I was going to say just put it into 5 gallon buckets while it is sitting in the trunk. That should be a nice height to work from and the buckets will keep the feed fresh. Then you can carry them where ever you need them.

 

[crosbygroup]

I agree go for the 100 pounds

 

[Carols Clucks]

We have 12 chickens, buy scratch, layer pellets and mash, three 25# bags. They last almost a month. Our chickens free range, we have a lot of fruit trees too. We are in SoCal

How does that compare with some of you in different areas?