Where/how do you store your feed?

[Toothpick]

We store ours in garbage cans, with 4" PVC ports in the bottom, where they can serve themselves. We do this in the 4 big pens. In the smaller pens we have wall mounted PVC tubes, with a garbage can for storing the feed nearby.

We let them eat the cans down to empty, so that we can check the bottom for any clumps/bugs/mold before refilling it. So far, so good! The cans have saved us a lot of steps, it used to be a lot of back and forth filling the wall mounted feeders every other day.

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I have this same tin but I don’t use it as a feeder. May I ask what you used to make it? Just 4” PVC elbows?

Any issues with rodents in the coop?

 

[mandelyn]

I have this same tin but I don’t use it as a feeder. May I ask what you used to make it? Just 4” PVC elbows?

Any issues with rodents in the coop?

It's in a 1909 barn among Ohio Corn and Soy fields, so we have barn cats a plenty to hunt rodents and we have traps active all of the time. They come in from the fields and so we have to take measures to discourage them. Some birds are pan fed, others get low feeders for their age, some of the pens get the can feeders or tube feeders which reduces the options for the scavengers.

It's a 4 inch 45 degree elbow, inside it's faced down towards the bottom of the can.

 

[Toothpick]

It's in a 1909 barn among Ohio Corn and Soy fields, so we have barn cats a plenty to hunt rodents and we have traps active all of the time. They come in from the fields and so we have to take measures to discourage them. Some birds are pan fed, others get low feeders for their age, some of the pens get the can feeders or tube feeders which reduces the options for the scavengers.

It's a 4 inch 45 degree elbow, inside it's faced down towards the bottom of the can.

Thanks for the info!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We store ours in garbage cans, with 4" PVC ports in the bottom, where they can serve themselves. We do this in the 4 big pens. In the smaller pens we have wall mounted PVC tubes, with a garbage can for storing the feed nearby.

We let them eat the cans down to empty, so that we can check the bottom for any clumps/bugs/mold before refilling it. So far, so good! The cans have saved us a lot of steps, it used to be a lot of back and forth filling the wall mounted feeders every other day.

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ILOVE THIS!!! I made one out of a 5-gallon plastic bucket, but with this I would not have to keep refilling it and it would save space. Great idea! Hmmm. I would need a metal saw....

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I think mine must be really old, there is no hole on the inside anywhere for a drain lol. I love this way to store feed though, and recommend to anyone who has the space!

Just be careful if it's ever going to be empty, to take the lid off. You don't want a child or pet trapped inside.

 

[BDutch]

I use empty 10 -12 liter (3 gallons) paint buckets for storing the grain stock and layer feed. I keep these in the bicycle shed. They close well but are not easy to open.

In the utility room /laundry room near the back door of our house I have smaller, easy to carry, cans with feed for about a week before I have to refill. The mealworms and other extra’s I keep there too.

 

[sciencegrrrrl]

Sturdy hard plastic bins to keep Lucky the One-Eyed Squirrel out of it. He's Lucky that I'm not a great shot with a BB gun caught him in the act of damaging my old pear tree, broke a large limb and ruined most of last fall's harvest. He does have a taste for layer pellets and birdseed but gave up gnawing on these boxes after a few hours.

 

[Jeddice]

My deck box holds 2 large galvanized cans (1 for scratch, 1 for grain) bag of shavings and box of mealyworms.

 

[Debby R]

Mine is in the house in a metal can. I used to keep it in a can in the garage but it got moldy (FL). Stays nice and fresh in the house.

 

[Double Yolked]

I use a tin garbage can. I put it in the garage, really handy when you have 2 hungry muscovies and they start eating it from the bag.View attachment 1975699 They look like this, the store I go to sells them for about $5-10 at most

These are what I use as well. Rat proof and waterproof. I had rats chew through the plastic ones.