Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[alison]

Hi all,

 

I have at present got my bags of corn, grain etc stored in one of those large Keter plastic chests, alongside the diatom, verm x , grit etc, next to my pen.

 

I have been told that rats can chew through plastic to get to the grain, and as I have seen evidence of rats tunneling under the paving stones and picket fence, they are present. I don't want to set traps because of my Burmese cats. who are very nosey!

 

I have therefore bought a galvanised bin with lid. Can I mix everything up and store it as a 'ready made' feed, ie, bokashi, grit, diatom, garlic powder and pellets?

 

It would make it easy for whomever is going to feed my chickens when I am in Saudi Arabia next week.

 

Would I need to line the bin with anything or can I just pour the lot in and mix?

 

Thank you

[The Dogmother]

You can just bung it all in and mix it. The galvanised bins are best if you have rats around.

[..lay a little egg for me]

The only problem with bunging it all in is that the different sized particles may start to organize themselves like in a packet of muesli with all the big bits on top and the powders at the bottom, so I would imagine you might need to give it all another stir from time to time!

[The Dogmother]

I pre-mix mine in 1 litre wide-necked plastic containers and then give it a shake before pouring it into the feeders.

[Mutrix Farmers]

I use a galvanised bin but the different food items are in their own bags or boxes. It would be difficult to shake the bin to mix it all up.

[eggalp]

I have thought about a big metal bin for food storage. At the moment the food is on the garage floor in big brown paper sacks, but i too am worried about rats etc. Does the food not go damp if its left outside in the bin?