I picked up 40 kilo of wheat today for $25.00
Is that good or not??? Layer pellets was $22.90 for 30 kilo.
Missed out on wheat screenings “by that much”………….. $19.90 for 40 kilo.
I picked up 40 kilo of wheat today for $25.00
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its about right
fodder store is about $23-26/40kg
my local farmer is $17
screenings are about the price you mentioned.
g’day L1 and elf
pepe said:
I picked up 40 kilo of wheat today for $25.00
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its about right
fodder store is about $23-26/40kg
my local farmer is $17
screenings are about the price you mentioned.g’day L1 and elf
Waves to pepe and everyone else.
Can’t believe I missed out on the screenings……
Oh yeah thanks for that conformation on the prices too Pepe.
Lucky1 said:
Oh yeah thanks for that conformation on the prices too Pepe.
We used to sell wheat etc when we owned the general store, but we sold that in 2002…can’t remember the prices, but I think they were somewhere between $15 and $20 for a 40kg wheat.
Finding I am getting more kilo for my $$$ if I buy wheat.
Lucky1 said:
Finding I am getting more kilo for my $$$ if I buy wheat.
With the house scraps and what I feed them besides……. my gang think their throats are cut and their tummies empty…. 25/8…LOL
Lucky1 said:
With the house scraps and what I feed them besides……. my gang think their throats are cut and their tummies empty…. 25/8…LOL
chuckle – my littl’ darlings are always starving.
it used to be $16 per 40 kg bag from the fodder store and $12 per bag from the farmer.
so in the past 1-2 years it has almost doubled.
i complained at first – now i just grin and bear.
I know an over fat chook will not lay as well as a normal fed chook…….
Lucky1 said:
I know an over fat chook will not lay as well as a normal fed chook…….
But through the feathers, how do you tell if the chookie is fat?
We just went in on 3 way split into a ton of feed wheat. We got 2/3 and a mate got 1/3, we paid $180 for the ton, we personally paid $120 for 2/3. We got 18 bags, he got 9, so i guess that works out at $6.70 a bag. The bags were about averaging 30-40kg a bag.
Its worth going in with a few mates and buying direct from the farmer. A syndicate has better buying power, and you can buy by the ton or two ton, which is far far cheaper. Start collecting thoes bags!
Dinetta said:
Lucky1 said:
I know an over fat chook will not lay as well as a normal fed chook…….
But through the feathers, how do you tell if the chookie is fat?
You can’t feel the breast bone at all, and it has a fat ass, and a tubby tail base, i was going to be insensitive and say cos’ it is golden brown, covered in gravey and steaming on my plate, but i restrained myself…..ooops!
Turkeymum said:
We just went in on 3 way split into a ton of feed wheat. We got 2/3 and a mate got 1/3, we paid $180 for the ton, we personally paid $120 for 2/3. We got 18 bags, he got 9, so i guess that works out at $6.70 a bag. The bags were about averaging 30-40kg a bag.
Its worth going in with a few mates and buying direct from the farmer. A syndicate has better buying power, and you can buy by the ton or two ton, which is far far cheaper. Start collecting thoes bags!
its certainly cheaper by the ton – but i don’t have enough mouseproof storage.
pepe said:
Turkeymum said:
We just went in on 3 way split into a ton of feed wheat. We got 2/3 and a mate got 1/3, we paid $180 for the ton, we personally paid $120 for 2/3. We got 18 bags, he got 9, so i guess that works out at $6.70 a bag. The bags were about averaging 30-40kg a bag.
Its worth going in with a few mates and buying direct from the farmer. A syndicate has better buying power, and you can buy by the ton or two ton, which is far far cheaper. Start collecting thoes bags!
its certainly cheaper by the ton – but i don’t have enough mouseproof storage.
Yep my thought’s too Pepe… My little heat wheat bag for aches & pains isn’t even safe in the house….
Would be nice tho to buy in bulk.
Arvo everyone :)
You can pick up 2nd hand wheelie bins, which are ideal as they are mouse proof and mobile, all my chookfood is in plastic or metal, as we are near the farmers sheds and rats are an issue. All my grain is in wheelie bins ( the big ones 240L), and my layer pellets are in a 2nd hand blue top recycle wheelie bin. So i can store 2/3 of a ton of wheat in 3 big wheelie bins under the verandah, and they can be moved about. We are thinking of buying a couple of new wheelie bins at $70 each, so we can order a whole ton to ourselves.
And a good morning to you all.
So i can store 2/3 of a ton of wheat in 3 big wheelie bins
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interesting.
so you bag them first and put the bags in the bin.
i have one spare big bin currently holding the mash (bran and pollard)
i have 9 hens and 1 rooster.
most of them have been swapped or given to me and i wouldn’t have a clue as to the breeds. my chooks revolve between pens and i plant gardens into the fertile desert they leave behind.
I’ve got a couple of galvanised old fashioned bins plus a plastic one, but a wheelie bin sounds a good idea. But how do you reach the stuff at the bottom of them? It is further than the reach of my arms…