gyp Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Has anybody got any money saving ideas? I breed rare breed chickens and want to save some money on feed costs by buying bulk BUT, i don't have any storage space. i was looking at one of these but they are about £1400 all in. http://www.collinson.co.uk/agricultural/silos/daystor Doeas anyone else have a bulk storage solution for grain/pellets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Have you tried these? http://www.bentallrowlands.co.uk/feed-hoppers.html failing that there are usually second hand collinsons or E.B. feed bins for sale on the popular auction site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmateX Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 I use a grain trailer that i have converted by putting greedy boards on and a tin roof. I would check with your feed supplier what their minimum order is for bulk, my one is 4t. Also remember the pellet gets blown in so there will be some wastage as the pellet breaks down into dust. Still worth the saving of £40-50t. A company called symms fabrication make some 4t ones for indoors, there isnt much to them and you could make one your self but they are alot cheaper than an outdoor metal/glass ones. http://www.symmsfabrication.co.uk/interior-bulk-bin.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antuk99 Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 I have a large steel coal bunker I can get 12 x 25 kg bags in with ease also it's pretty much vermin tight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 You need to think big for discount though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeh Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 You need to think big for discount though. Your best bet is to try and find a Farmer with his own mill, and beg them to sell you a bunch at a time. Other than that you'll never see much of a discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 There are also farm auction sites where you can buy smaller silos and other storage. Depends how much you need to store, a garden shed on a concrete base and lined with galvanised tin sheets would hold quite a bit but its a big shed for 40 tons ! Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster George Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 We have chickens around 250 plus some turkeys and buy in about 3Te every 3 months and we dont save much you need to be in 10s of tes before you see a saving which chickens do you keep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PheasantMan Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 We are a game farm and we have 6 silos which are great for feeding we just fill the speed feed up from the silos and go feeding no manual lifting its great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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