What container for storing feed?

[perchie.girl]

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Oooh good idea.... I used to have a Mexican neighbor that kept bayleaf in her Masa that she used for making Tortillas. She said it was for flavor..... Now I suspect it was for bug control....LOL.

 

[debid]

I'm using a Vittles Vault and love it! I put it on a shelf, under an overhang.

 

[ll]

We have used a Vittles Vault for our dog food for the past few years, it is absolutely perfect for keeping the food bug free.

I bought a galvanized can with tight fitting lid because the chick food bags are larger than my dog food bags. Then went to the auto store for a bungee cord. The tough rubber because I was told racoons can chew through the corded type. My bungee looks chewed -- I need a different type of tie down.

 

[debid]

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I bought the 50# size Vault and it holds more than a 50# sack of crumbles. I think the 80# size would likely hold two sacks.

 

[poseygrace]

What great replies! Thanks. I will have to look into the Vittle Vault. The can I have is galvanized steel, but I didn't know to keep it off the ground, or to leave the feed in the paper. I have it in the shade, under the eaves of the coop, but didn't think about those things. Great ideas, thanks again!

 

[gale65]

We have ours in a metal trash can, still in the bag. We put a cement block in the bottom so it doesn't sit right on the bottom of the can. So far it's working ok.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

I have four garbage cans--because I buy all of my feed in bulk. Three of those cans are layer crumbles and the other one is chick starter.

I have a large overhang on the front of my coop that helps to protect the cans. They are on the south side of the building where the rain/wind/weather hardly ever comes from. I used to store them all inside the coop but found that was drawing in mice.

You can see the garbage cans here:

You can see how the overhang protects them:

The overhang also sometimes houses other things, like this nest box my FIL built me like four years ago that I have no where to put.

BUT I told DH that he'll need to build me a coop for that nest box.

 

[chicken farmer 1997]

i use 55 gallon drum. holds bout 300 lb of layena or bout 350 lbs of corn. i dont know why it holds differnt amount of the feed, but it just does.

 

[FiascoFarmer]

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Are these the type with a sealable, airtight lid? How long will it keep in these barrels?

 

[ruffedgrouse]

I use five-gallon buckets with tight lids, seems to work pretty well.