How much feed fits in a 55 gallon drum?

Sand Flat Bob · #21 05/12/08, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Trisha in WA

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.
Trisha

I use DE a lot to keep weevils etc out of the feed. It is good for the chickens etc. but be sure you use food grade DE and not the stuff for swimming pools as that will kill animals.

Bob

stickinthemud · #22 05/12/08, 07:38 PM

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ozark mike · #23 05/12/08, 08:16 PM

corn weighs 56 lbs per bu, oats 32, wheat 60 and barley 48..so without the ratio of any or all of the ingredients used to make the feed, how can we know...I was a grain buyer/elevator operator/feed mill operator for some years and would not even take a wild guess..factor in all the extras in that feed and we change weight per cu ft of area again..bugs can and will be a problem..about 20 years ago I made many grain bins that holds about two ton of feed that are still being used..... made of plywood.. contact me if you need a list of materials and a step by step "how to"...mike

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shagerman · #24 05/13/08, 07:45 AM

here we go a math problem ..ok my turn . i have a old grinder and i use 5 gallon buckets to load the grinder then put in the mixer so i do alot of counting and alot of lifting i can get 11 buckets depending on what i am doing. chicken feed is diffrent then hog feed so i cant get as much. so it depend on what you are doing if it is ground or not .. i just had this conversation with some one. the only diffrence is if it is ground and the tallness of a 55 gallon drum. and roundness, i can get 11 buckets of chicken feed in and 9 1/2 of hog feed . one is ground the other is not.