Bulk feed storage

[davidb]

I wouldn't want to feed anything over two mouths old

 

[donnaIL]

here's my pics...hope this helps, works great for us, we use them for cattle..and they seem to collect stuff on top

 

[Harp Turkey Ranch]

Thats pretty cool. How many pounds of feed does that hold ?? I was thinking of something just about like that but only big enough I could put the entire pallet of feed in ?? like a closet but only RODENT PROOF. Thanks for the pictures.

 

[JoanneNC]

Those of you who use the trash cans, do you have any problems with moisture building up on the inside during warm months? I would like to have something closer to the coop.

JoanneNC

 

[blueseal]

i use a small chest freezer. it holds 100 pounds of feed and it lasts me 10 weeks or so for my 15 birds i have .

 

[nightshade]

I use large chest freezers. The seal really well and are rodent proof. This is were I keep my horse feed( sweet feed with alfalfa pellets) , chicken feed ( layer pellets, cracked corn, oats and sunflower seed) and my dairy goat feed. I also keep treats in a small space in them, ( horse treats, whole ear corn and some veggies now and then.) Each large freezer holds between three and four hundred pound of feed, depending on weather or not I built dividers in them or not to keep different feeds all in one freezer.

 

[CovenantCreek]

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I haven't had any problems with moisture inside the cans -- I use the RubberMaid 32 gallon size. They'll hold up to 150 lbs of feed each.

 

[newchickmom]

I have a metal garbage can in the hen house and it holds about 150# of layer crumbles. That lasts about a month with my 29 chickens.
In the barn, we use an old chest freezer to store the horse feed.

 

[donnaIL]

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The box will hold 1000 lbs of cracked corn. I think it is 45" wide and tall and 37" deep. the boards were 45x37, the boards were turned on the sides. He added more boards for the lid..made a big box and then cut out the lid. We cut the lid low enough so we could reach all sides when scooping feed. We put the boxes on a couple of boards so the wood is not on the moist ground.

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We used 30 gallon trashcans for years. Purchased feed 1000 lbs or more at a time. Never had a moisture problem, unless the feed was rained on when it was being brought home. We started having problems with racoons/skunks, also sometimes when you open up the lid a mouse would be on top of the grain. Eventually the lids got busted..I will say the racoons cannot lift this lid and since we have used them (over a year) I have not once caught a mouse in there.


I have also heard of people using freezers...you could probably pick them up free on craigs list and not have to build anything.

 

[Teach97]

I use 55 gal barrels with lids...they hold about 330 lbs depending on what you get...but I got corn, milo, and wheat cost me $75 for about 1000 lbs of grain...grain lasts a long long time just protect it from moisture...processed foods...I wouldn't want them any older than it had to be...couple months at most...maybe but that is just my feelings