How do you store your poultry feed?

[bruceha2000]

Does this sort of thing come in smaller sizes? I have a LARGE stock pot with a tight fitting lid, perfect for the 25# layer bags. The scratch comes in 50# bags and at the moment it lives in the house. Otherwise the voles and chipmunks would be in fat city. I'm not willing to trust plastic and haven't looked to see if there are smaller metal trash cans with really good lids.

Bruce

 

[bruceha2000]

Big thick plastic barrels.
They keep (most) critters out!
Although a possum tried to chew through the lid once.

Um, what sort of chicken is that??

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: A regular old Galvanized trash can will hold both your scratch and your Layer. Just keep both in their bags. Right Now I have a fifty pound bag of scratch and two twenty five pound bags of layer in mine.

deb

 

[bruceha2000]

Thanks Deb!

Bruce

 

[themadchicken]

Quote: A regular old Galvanized trash can will hold both your scratch and your Layer. Just keep both in their bags. Right Now I have a fifty pound bag of scratch and two twenty five pound bags of layer in mine.

deb
i used a galvanized trash can for rabbit feed as a kid. Thats were i got this idea. I might add a third for cracked corn if i can find a cheap supply.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: A regular old Galvanized trash can will hold both your scratch and your Layer. Just keep both in their bags. Right Now I have a fifty pound bag of scratch and two twenty five pound bags of layer in mine.

deb
i used a galvanized trash can for rabbit feed as a kid. Thats were i got this idea. I might add a third for cracked corn if i can find a cheap supply.
Those are 55 drums great, especially if you have easy access to them. I found the rim clamp a bit hard for me to use though so when I used them I just tossed the clamp. I know they can be adjusted and locked so that is a great advantage.

I think its a matter of what works for you. I think many of us agree Steel containers are the best.... Though I think HDPE is pretty darn good too, probably second best. Though they do have their own issues to deal with.

deb

 

[Scoutmedic]

I keep mine on concrete. Food in bags doesn't stay here more than 2 weeks, so I don't usually see an issue. However, next time I get feed, I'm storing it on pallets! Thanks for this tip!

Pallets are great, especially on concrete. Pick up a pallet jack at a discount tool store and move the feed around the barn for easy cleaning. Just be cautious as critters can get underneath and chew holes in your sacks.

 

[kuntrygirl]

I store my poultry feed in these. I never had any problems with rodents chewing the cans to get in.

And I store my rabbit and goat feed in kitty litter buckets that my co-worker brings me.

 

[ducks4you]

Bite the bullet and buy new, metal trash cans to store your feed. The first year I kept horses (1985), I bought new, plastic trash cans with lids--they were heavy plastic, too--and it took a couple of weeks before mice destroyed the lid on one. I still have the trash can, in my garage, for trash, sans the lid. I am STILL using old, metal trash cans in my grain room--horses and chickens in my new 5 acre back yard--and some are over 25yo.
I also have a big oil drum that was left by the previous owner. I can keep 250 pounds of feed in that in my grain room, and it currently has layer pellets in it.
ALWAYS store in metal and ALWAYS put the lids on.
Mice are destructive and carry diseases and if you keep your food in or near your house-- I DON'T!!! --mice will get into YOUR food after they work on your animal feed. Btw, I own 5 cats, who come and go from the house.

 

[ducks4you]

The small metal trash cans hold about 65 lbs of feed. The large, metal trash cans hold 150 lbs of feed. Today, the plastic cans cost only a tad less than the metal. To ME, it's a no-brainer, but some folks like playing with mice.