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gomer
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Heres some seed prices to look at straight from the farm.I have ordered a little over a ton and will report back on the quality once recieved.Price for delivery to Melb is $77 for one bag or a little over a ton,best to buy a ton and share with fallow forum members near you.He does deliver all over the place aswell.Situated in N.S.W
Max will also mix the seed to your requirments to although I opted to mix my own.Phone Max on 0269552275 for orders.Let me know how you go.

Plain Canary $22 for 20 kg
Sunflower $17.60 for 15 kg
White french millet $17.60 for 20 kg
Jap millet $25.30 for 25 kg
Red panicum $24.20 for 25kg
prices include gst
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natamambo
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A ton? 1000kgs? Sheesh, that would last me and all the breeders near me two lifetimes :shock: :lol: .

1000kg bag, how do you move it?
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natamambo wrote:A ton? 1000kgs? Sheesh, that would last me and all the breeders near me two lifetimes :shock: :lol: .

1000kg bag, how do you move it?
More to the point how do you store it??? :shock: :shock:
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gomer
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They come in 20 to 25 kg bags for the canary and millets and 15 kg for the sunflower.I store most in 200l drums and the rest in 60l drums.I use about 20 plus kilos a week also do winnow it untill the quality starts to diminish.
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ruthieharris
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wow thats some serious seed there , Cheap too,but like you said selling to people would be the way to go
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Is the seed from near Leeton.
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E Orix
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If the seed is from Max Douglas at Leeton it is very good seed and I have been buying my seed from him for over 10 years
A pallet load is normally a tone which is 50 bags but a couple more can be thrown on.
I use his Budgie mix during breeding season as it has a higher Canary seed percentage and the Finch Mix during winter as it has a few oil seeds in it and little Canary Seed. I also feed out his Red Pannicum seperately as well, this is the only single seed a buy.
All my seed is taken out of the bags a soon as it arrives and stored in old domestic chest freezers which are totally mouse proof.
If a few can get together and buy in bulk it is far cheaper and your seed purchases are more frequent so the seed is not sitting there for ages getting stale
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Yes it is max Douglas. Good to here alot of positive feed back from all.
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E Orix It must be a real sight watching you getting the last of the seed from off the bottom of the chest freezers. LOL. Now that would make a good photo shot.
A lot of parrot breeders in the Riverina/MIA area also buy bulk seed from Max.
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Thanks alot,I have long arms.
I think it must be time for you to move on up North :crazy: :crazy:
By the way how are you going not having birds during a breeding season.
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