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05/11/08, 02:54 PM
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How much feed fits in a 55 gallon drum?
I read a thread on here a few years back that the person bought feed in bulk then stored it in 55 gallon drums. Now here's the question. How many drums do I need to store 4000lbs. I was figuring half mash for the hogs/chickens and half cracked corn.
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05/11/08, 02:56 PM
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It depends on the volume of feed per pound, but I can normally store about 250-300 lbs of layer feed or rabbit pellets in a 55 gallon drum.
Hope that helps.
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05/11/08, 04:00 PM
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I count on 7 bags of 50 pound feed in a 55 gallon barrel when I am stocking up for winter but the bags need to be emptied into the barrel not put in intact.
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05/11/08, 04:02 PM
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Yep, Trisha, that has to be a close estimate. We usually put (5) 50-lb bags of feed (50/50) in, and that leaves just a little room left over. 50/50 is pretty heavy with the grain and molasses, so maybe less of a lighter-weight food.
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05/11/08, 04:07 PM
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Quote:
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I count on 7 bags of 50 pound feed in a 55 gallon barrel when I am stocking up for winter but the bags need to be emptied into the barrel not put in intact.
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Same here.
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05/11/08, 04:11 PM
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Pretty close on the weight of feed. I usually get corn in 55 gallon drums. They hold a little over 6 bushels of whole kernal corn.
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05/11/08, 04:25 PM
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Thanks all for the quick replies.
I'm gonna get my grain requirements for the year put up before the feed prices get much higher. I was kinda concerned to buy the grain and keep it in the bags. But this should work well.
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05/11/08, 08:13 PM
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My guess is 55 gallons....... 
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05/12/08, 06:53 AM
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It dosent Mold?
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05/12/08, 09:09 AM
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I can get six and a partial fifty pound bags of feed in a plastic drum - poultry mash and scratch grains. Ought to be close to the same for any grain based feed.
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05/12/08, 09:14 AM
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We store our hog feed in 55 gal drums and the mix is already done and we put 350lbs in each drum.
We get a better price by buying it in bulk plus it is our mix design that we get no some poison laden commercial mix.
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Stan,
sounds like a great plan... I ought to do the same thing.
One caveat... insects. A couple times a year I get sacks of grain with weevils in em... no biggie, as I feed most of it out within two weeks. Would be a heartbreaker though, to get a years supply of grain, and get through several barrels and find the rest eaten up with bugs...
I don't know if you could make a barrel airtight or not... but if you could, you could add some dry ice while filling, to displace the oxygen...
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I have heard that putting DE in with your grain will kill the bugs and is not at all harmful to your stock...in fact many feed it as a dewormer.
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Stan,
sounds like a great plan... I ought to do the same thing.
One caveat... insects. A couple times a year I get sacks of grain with weevils in em... no biggie, as I feed most of it out within two weeks. Would be a heartbreaker though, to get a years supply of grain, and get through several barrels and find the rest eaten up with bugs...
I don't know if you could make a barrel airtight or not... but if you could, you could add some dry ice while filling, to displace the oxygen...
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I wonder if it works like the flour? Can you put the feed in the freezer for four-five days and kill the eggs and have better luck?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by texican
Stan,
sounds like a great plan... I ought to do the same thing.
One caveat... insects. A couple times a year I get sacks of grain with weevils in em... no biggie, as I feed most of it out within two weeks. Would be a heartbreaker though, to get a years supply of grain, and get through several barrels and find the rest eaten up with bugs...
I don't know if you could make a barrel airtight or not... but if you could, you could add some dry ice while filling, to displace the oxygen...
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I wonder if it works like the flour? Can you put the feed in the freezer for four-five days and kill the eggs and have better luck?
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Is the ready made freezer good enough? Well I guess not this time of year. 
We generally don't have problems with weevels even in our food. I figure it's too cold too often. Even the summer highs don't get above 90F with lows in the fiftys. Here we have a bigger problem with mold due to dampness. Thats why I need the barrels.
But I will take that under advisement.
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Can I be a smart A double s for a second??? A 55 gallon drum will hold 55 gallons of feed.  Just joking.
But for real I just put 8 bags of what is supposed to be fifty LB bags of cracked corn, layer pellets, and crumbles in a 55 gallon plastic drum I got from the dump. I cleaned it really good first.
I took a rubber mallet and banged on the side of it to get it to settle get the rest of the last bag in but it all fit. Barely but it fit.
It has one of the tops that have the ring around it to lock it down and I had to tap the top to get it to close but it did. I didn't want any extra air in it is why I filled it so full.
How much does your feed cost????? Those 8 bags were something over a hundred dollars. I forget exactly but it was I think $103 plus change.
My hens are barely laying enough eggs to pay for the feed but I have about 40 some roosters for meat they are growing like crazy also.
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Where do you buy dry ice? I've never had occasion to need it.
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6.875 bushels will fit in 55 gallon barrel.
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I buy ground corn from the feed store for the chickens in the winter and I get right at 320 lbs more or less in a 55 gallon drum depending on the moisture content. Use to pay 12 bucks for a drum now it's 27 to 30 bucks. I got some expensive chickens here, still working on the golden egg thing though with very, very little success.
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