How/where do you store your feed?

[ejb3810]

I also use the metal garbage cans. I have a separate building just for feed and carriers and other supplies. Have bears that have broken into the building but did not get in the metal cans. Over the years I have used plastic garbage cans and paper composite 55 gal containers. The squirrels and chipmunks and mice will chew through those, and so that is why the switch to metal.
As a side note. A few years back someone dropped off a female cat here. The people come to the rural suburban area and think it looks like these people could use another cat ? In any case, it had kittens, my wife took a liking to them, her Shih Tzu loved to play with them, and the next thing you know there are seven cats around. There were no more pesky squirrels, chipmunks or rabbits around. The cats lived in a detached garage and had very pleasant accomodations with good eats. Then in December in one weeks time all the cats became prey themselves. My son came home late at night and saw a fisher run from by the house, and the next morning there was a dead cat where he had dropped it apparently. So in a weeks time one fisher killed seven adult cats.
Now I am once again overrun with squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits. So it is metal feed containers for me.

 

[ChickenAl]

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Those critters are crafty. And the fact they are nocturnal makes it hard to scare them off or shoot them. Setting out at 2am for a raccoon is not my idea of a fun night.

A friend of mine had them chew a hole in his roof, and they were living in his attic. Very hard to stop them when they are determined to get in.

 

[Naughty]

used to store in a rubbermade bin - until i opened it one day to say hi to a mouse

now its a metal trash can - but my coop is inside the yard with the dog all day - no predators yet

that lil dog guards em during the day - and pees all over too lol

 

[rolffamily]

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I just had the same thing happen to me. It was sitting outside under a porch roof. I hadn't fed the birds for a couple of days because I knew a big squirrel was eating most of the food. Obviously, he was ticked. Chewed through the corner of the tote during the day while we were at work.

 

[shellybean40]

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DITTO!

 

[maclady]

I keep their feed in a small metal trash can with lid inside my garden shed.

 

[Wifezilla]

Red Coleman cooler. It holds a 50lb bag of feed perfectly, is air tight and water proof.

 

[ladyride]

rubbermaid trash can holds 50 lbs , in a closet in coop also store grit, bedding , oyster shell, little broom, various other sundry's. No varmits

 

[gale65]

We are lucky. We have a power shed near the chickens that holds the breakers for the farm electricity (separate from the house). It's critter-proof and waterproof. I put the feed in a metal trash can in there, and also keep my boots in there.

 

[ScouterJoe]

I keep mine in 5 gallon buckets with tight fitting lids in my garage. I only have 3 hens so I don't need much.