How do you store your poultry feed?

[TheJadeChicken]

We use the black trash cans we buy at the local dollar general for about $13. Each one holds 100 pounds of feed. I have two, right now. One has Producers Pride 13% for my 2 hooved 4 legged pastures ornaments, and the other has 50/50 Flock Raiser Crumbles and Layena Pellets. They work great, the plastic is nice and thick. Holds well together. And even with so much feed the wheels still work. xD Actually need to get about 2 or 3 more.

 

[cracked egg]

55 gallon steel drums with locking lid. Waterproof and are only about 25.00 bucks here.

 

[oswald]

We store our feed in old refrigerators - they work and we keep them on the setting that barely keeps the food cold. We also use insulated water coolers that seem to fall of landscape or construction trucks - super thick and round. We have seen(what appears to be) mouse teeth marks but they never broke through the plastic on these containers.

 

[7 Biddies]

I have wondered if those were any good, my mouse killer is a cat lol he does a good job they were having a hay day(the mice) with my hay barn..

he got rid of that problem that said, i don't have a proper feed room that is close and frozen grain, is not something i am fond of so my front hall it is... this place is a zoo anyhow, just lacks admission fees.

I have 2 cats ... and a mouse that lives under the coop (1/2 hardware cloth keeps them out). The darn cats just watch the mouse, but kill song birds in the feeders.

A friend suggested I paste feathers on the mouse so the cats will get him. <sigh> But, the electronic repeller sounds like a better idea.

 

[7 Biddies]

I keep their feed in metal cans with a bungee cord securing the lids.

 

[larsonll]

I keep everything for my 5 hens in a big Rubbermaid trash can with a lid next to the run. The bag of feed, scoop, bag of DE, Oyster shell bag, grit, all goes into the trash can. No troubles in over a year, and nothing has been able to chew through. It is outside too.

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

I store my feed in big barrels! It stay good for a long time!

 

[sezjasper]

I keep their feed in metal cans with a bungee cord securing the lids.

This is what I was thinking about doing, only I wanted to keep the can(s) right next to my coop & run. Do you find that the cans are weatherproof or do they need to be kept in a shed?

 

[CarlaRiggs]

We have rats/mice here... lots of ivy surrounding homes, and fruit trees in our suburban areas. We once had rats in an outside garage closet. A mama chewed through a really hard plastic container which held a circular saw, and made a nest. Their teeth are made for gnawing and to keep the teeth short, rats are born with a compulsion to gnaw. I keep feed outside in a metal can with a handle which comes up over the lid to hold it in place. We also have raccoons (clever hands!), skunks and possums which would love to eat the feed. If the metal cans are kept out of the rain, and up on a pallet, then they are much less likely to rust.

 

[DaniellePage]

I keep mine (one bag at a time) in the bag in a plastic storage container with a locking lid. - not airtight but keeps out the mice so far (a year).
Then that container is kept in an outdoor building to keep out the bears and racoons.