This specific coffee container is the best scoop. I mentioned cutting milk jugs well I retract that statement. Milk jugs are hard to handle once they are cut they are way to flexible. But these things are great! I can fill baby chick feeders with ease and I measure my oyster shells in this thing and off we go with feed bag and oyster shells. If you farm you have got to drink coffee to get up as early as we do so buy some Maxwell House coffee ($5.99 with coffee at our local Wal-Mart) containers and kill two birds with one stone.
Please let me know how you re-use/repurpose things around your farm!
Recently, we had to isolate hens to see who was laying because we purchased some hens and I am questioning if they are old or just egg eaters! Anyway, we needed some feeders for the hens in captivity and I am to cheap to spend money when we are only making $31-46 per month on these hens in the first place!
I had been saving milk & OJ jugs because I just felt like they me have another purpose and I've found 4 so far!
1. A feed scoop cut off the top and dip. It has a built in handle!
2. An indivdual chicken feeder for chickens that are isolated for one reason or another.
3 To mix fish emulsion & Neem oil when I only need a small amount. I can label them and store them thus eliminating any waste!
4. Chicken poop compost tea ....this is going to be an experiment. A gallon of water and some chicken poop and I'll let them sit in the sun for a month and we'll see what kind of fertilizer it is!
I hope this helps someone other poor begining farmer out!
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