Will the food be contaminated...?

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loretta cluck

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Will the food be contaminated...?
« on: December 10, 2012, 10:28 »
Good morning....i store my chicken feed in my garage, and discovered yesterday that some rodent, (presuming mouse/mice as droppings left are very small), has chewed the bottom corner of a 20kg mixed corn sack, and left a large amount of corn scattered about...I have now ordered a couple of metal bins to store my feed in, but wondered if the corn thats left is still okay to feed to my girls.....probably a silly question, but had to ask....

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Re: Will the food be contaminated...?
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2012, 10:41 »
It should be fine as long as it's not got damp at all.  ;)

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loretta cluck

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Re: Will the food be contaminated...?
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2012, 12:32 »
No, its perfectly dry...it was just that I noticed a lot of chewed husks, and as i picked the bag up sideways so all the corn didnt come out, I realised that I'd mixed the chewed leftovers with the good stuff at the top...

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Re: Will the food be contaminated...?
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2012, 16:48 »
Chickens will happily eat mice so contamination isn't really a problem, as Jak says the corn should be fine so long as it's not damp.

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Re: Will the food be contaminated...?
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2012, 20:48 »
If you were thinking of live traps for the mice, this might be a good way of baiting the traps.

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loretta cluck

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Re: Will the food be contaminated...?
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2012, 08:21 »
Thankyou, think live trapping is the way forward now....was so annoyed when i discovered the chewed bag and shouldve invested in storage bins from day one.


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