Degalle79 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 As topic title suggests, it's a pain in the ***. Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBS Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Clogging with what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Straw is my guess, buy some wright feeders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 I guess it's the chaff from the corn. A few seasons back we had some corn that was quite bad. We ended up running all the corn through a mesh grill to separate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmos05 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Bag your own wheat that way you know who much chaff is in it. I learnt the hard way a few years ago. Never again clean wheat only now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Surely wight feeders will only make things worse as a solid tube with holes in. If it blocks surely u will have to empty hopper. If i get blocked springs i just saw throu straw or wotever blocking it with pen knife and do the same with each level of spiral until all clear, not that bad really. Always meant to buy a small cheap folding saw for this job, the teeth would make it a lot easier. If u buy the wider brand of spirals/springs far better the narrow ones are a pain, we're trying to ork throu them all and replace them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSoanes Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Run it through a cement mixer, brings all the chaff and straw to the front, you can then tip that out and use it for hand feeding and what your left with is pure wheat makes blocked springs a thing of the past. It takes me and my shoot partner around an hour to do 25 x 25kg sacks. If you do go this effort I would highly recommend adding some vegetable oil and aniseed concentrate to the mix!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotslad Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 That's a lot of work matt. Thats an hour for just over half a ton. I wouldn't have the time or patience for that I buy my wheat pre bagged by the farmer so i'm very much at the mercy of the quality of wheat. To be honest don't have a lot off problems when using the wider springs, but i also drill holes in the bottom of the hoppers too so birds could peck wheat if it was blocked but more to let any moisture drain away instead of sitting on the bottom of hopper. Prob only takes a couple of minutes to cut debris out of a spring depending how badly blocked and would be quicker with a cheapy saw. Mind ur blade if got a fancy knife incase u hit metal at far side of spring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSoanes Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Agreed, it is a lot of work, but I like the old saying , effort equals rewards!!! Its what we have always done and we have always had good returns so daren't stop lol We get through around 8 tonne of wheat per season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Nah the birds can peck at the chaff and straw through the holes in the wright feeder and draw it out to keep them clean, the only time I've seen them block is when there is lots of plastic film in with the wheat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degalle79 Posted October 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Thanks for all the replies. Ours is a DIY shoot so we are all part time. checking the pens and feeders around pen each night an then big feed and check outer feeders on a sat. The springs are blocking with wheat and chaff, real pain. I have made a few wright type feeders out of bean tins so gonna give those a trial this weekend. I think we are gonna have to do something to remove the chaff a suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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