Storing feed?

[SundownWaterfowl]

I use metal garbage cans too, and my feed lasts a while.

 

[d.k]

* I only have 1O-2O lbs or so to store max., so I bought new empty paint cans at Home Depot.

 

[d.k]

* I only have 1O-2O lbs or so to store max., so I bought new empty paint cans at Home Depot. Cheap, Cheap.

 

[JimnJanet]

Those metal cans are only going to sweat if and when they are subjected to QUICK EXTREEM temp changes. Jist don't carry it from yer freezin cold barn into yer warm house house in the dead o winter and you'll be okeedokee.
I jist keep my feeds in thier store bags in my cool grage.But then, i also allow snakes to live in my grage so i don't got a rodent rpoblem to worry about lol

 

[k0xxx]

"Sooo, will lining the trash can with double plastic trash bags do the trick and stop any possible molding from occuring? "

I don't have any chickens yet, so I don't store any feed. However, I do buy wild bird seed in bulk and store in metal (galvanized) trash cans. I have had a mold problem in the past, but since lining my cans with plastic bags, it hasn't happened.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[d.k]

* Thought about a small galvanized can, but I worried about the zinc. These paint cans come already pre-lined with grey plastic coating and just to be sure, I put a 1/8 cup of desiccant into a doubled coffee filter, tied off the top and put that in, too. Good??

 

[d.k]

* Thought about a small galvanized can, but I worried about the zinc. These paint cans come already pre-lined with grey plastic coating and just to be sure, I put a 1/8 cup of desiccant into a doubled coffee filter, tied off the top and put that in, too. Good?? ( ~~~:[ )

 

[JimnJanet]

My wild bird seed has been outside in a galvanized trash can in all kinds o' weather fer years and years now , NEVER a mold problem, in fact, never any kind of problem at all.
I would not hesitate to store my chicken feeds in galvanized cans and i would not use a plastic liner of any kind.
Bottom line, you are gonna go thur yer feed much too fast fer any kind of mold problems anywho, especialy if yer not free rangin yer birds.

 

[chikenlady]

I use metal trash cans not only for my chick feed, but also for horse feed. We have never had a problem with mold or sweating.

 

[kees]

I use plastic garbage cans with lids and keep them in the basement with two dehumidifiers running 24 hours a day.