What supplies do you keep in/ near your coop?

[crazyhen]

The main thing is not to get it too small. I have a 4x8 and already it is crowded with metal cans, extra feeders, bluekot, clorox, towels, antibacterial hand wipes, a grill scrapper to get off dried poop,hammer, brushes to clean out waterers, scissors to cut bags open or trim feathers,knife to cut up food, etc etc. De, oystershell, there are just too many things to list. broom, dust pan, etc. Good luck I even put in a shelf, and nail hangers all around. Gloria Jean

 

[kichohana]

my storage area is under my coop, accessible from the outside. it is 30" high, and 3'x6' - a lot of room. i keep de, grit, oyster shell, feed, wood shavings, buckets, etc. i keep a scraper and bucket in there for the droppings board, and i keep a small rake and kitty litter scoop on "S" hooks right outside the people door. more storage space is better than not enough. i just chose to have mine "built in" so i wouldn't have supplies lying about.

 

[cafarmgirl]

Oh definitely whine, cry, cook his favorite meal, whatever, and get your hubby to build that storage room! It makes life so much easier to have everything you need right there in the barn/coop. And, like others have said, if your going to do it don't go to small. Seriously though, I don't know what I'd do without mine. It's just a sectioned off area inside the pole barn he built for our goats and chickens. Nothing fancy but there's room for several bales of hay and shavings, cleaning tools and I keep all my chicken feed, grit, oyster etc. in a couple of garbage cans.

 

[woodmort]

I have 3 40 gallon garbage cans--one galvanized with a bag of Boss and Scratch, the other 2 plastic each hold 100lbs of feed. On the wall are the scoops and, currently, two galvanized heaters that will go under my waterers in a month or so. Nothing else. When I need more shavings I buy a bale and use it all. The straw for the nests is kept in my machine shed and I'll bring a couple of batts down with me when I need it.

 

[lynxs1981]

I also have a built in brooder box in my storage.

 

[maggiemooscluckers]

Since I didn't want the hens to sit on top of the next boxes I just built storage above the nest. I store:
pine shavings
DE
Chick feeders and waterers
News papers for the poop board that hangs under the roost

I also built a box in one of the corners for the feed. Inside this box is a rubbermaid tub with a lid that actually holds the feed. There is a wooden lid on top of the box to keep the hens out. They will no doubt use it as a poop board when they get old enough to get up there if I don't think of a way to keep them off. (they are only 3 weeks old)

 

[geebs]

DE
Clean pails
Metal Trash cans with bungee
Extra feed and seed
Shovels and rakes
Bale of straw
Vinegar
Scissors
Zip ties
towels
lightbulbs
hornet spray
vanilla car fresheners (summer only)
toilet brush
gloves
Bleach
egg cartons
metal spatula (bar b q type) for poop scraping
Dust pan
Black plastic bags
Vet's number

I also have an area where I keep show stuff... cages, waterers, decor, Baby bath tub for chicken bathing and all the excessories for the job.

 

[Tala]

I don't really find it necessary to have a storage building/area.
I have a metal trashcan beside each coop with their respective feed.
By the layers coop I have a plastic dog food storage container that holds their oyster shell. One bag lasts forever so I had to have a good way of storing it, fortunately nothing tries to break into that.
I keep whatever I'm using for "scratch" (treats, sometimes scrach, sometimes BOSS, currently deer corn - just whatever is a good deal) in a plastic 50# dog food container in the house by my back door.
I only buy bedding (pine pellets for horse stalls) on an as-needed basis so I don't store it.
I keep a garden rake leaning against the coop to rake their bedding as needed.
The "hospital crate" just sits around wherever I leave it (yeah, my yard can be messy) and the rest of the vet supplies are inside in a kitchen cabinent.
Extra food dishes (dog food bowls) generally get left lying around till I collect them into a pile inside by the back door for refilling with food scraps in the kitchen.
Brooding supplies such as feeders are kept in the plastic tote that I brood in, just don't lose the lid when there are chicks in it. hehehe
All of my brooding type lamps have dog hooks on them to hang by, so I hang them on the inside fence "wall" of my coop when not in use. Makes them handy IMO.
All the "poisons" (Sevin, fly traps, ant traps, bug spray, TomCat, Golden Marlin, etc.) are kept together in a cabinent inside, makes sense to me to keep them together.

I do keep a lot of my chicken stuff inside compared to some because well, the vet stuff is mostly stuff that works for dogs, cats, and even humans (like iodine for example) and the other pets live inside. Things like rat bait I don't have to refill/use very often so I can just remember where I leave it better if I put it all in the same place.

 

[Tdub4chiks]

Sink, running water, a frig to keep the eggs in. Nothing much....lol

PS. Maybe a TV, radio and a telephone would be nice.

 

[minnie1]

I have supplies in different areas because I use them for other things as well. But I do keep my chickens food in the hallway in a big cooler with a tight lid, but I wouldn't want it outside I'm sure something would get into it. But in the back doorway it is convenient. I scoop out their daily amount on the way out the door, It doubles as a sitting bench too. My pooper scooper is outside around the corner, I use it to pick up the dogs poops too so it makes sense to leave it there. But an organized shed sounds like a good idea. I just don't have the talent myself, but more power to you. I have their hay in a airy open roof covered shed, I just recently bought the hay and it smells better in the coop and I plan on adding the waste to my manure pile to use next year with the hay. I hear growing potatoes in hay works really well so I might try that out.