Where to keep their food

[MissyPowell]

I keep mine in the run. It is secured like yours but also has 2 strands of hot wire running around it. So far I've had no issues.

I have been considering running hot wire around the coop and run. We don't have electricity in the coop so it would have to be solar.

 

[MissyPowell]

Mine is in the original bags from the store, in metal garbage cans, in the coop/ covered run. It's up on blocks, and has empty feed bags in the bottom of each can, to keep it dry. The coop/ run is pretty safe, and locked up every night. It's convenient and does fine.
Mary

Where do you feed them? In the run or the coop?

 

[Folly's place]

My coop and run are a combined space, roofed, so actually more like a large coop. I have four feeders in different locations in there, and three waterers. In summer, there are two more waterers, including one outside.
There's never food outside of the coop or run!
Mary

 

[igorsMistress]

In the house by the back door. It's too hot to leave it outside during summer and in winter it's more likely to attract rodents as natural resources decline.

 

[MissyPowell]

My coop and run are a combined space, roofed, so actually more like a large coop. I have four feeders in different locations in there, and three waterers. In summer, there are two more waterers, including one outside.
There's never food outside of the coop or run!
Mary

Thank you. The roof to my run is covered in the hardware cloth and then covered with corrugated panels. I am just worried something will find a way in to get the food if I leave it in the run.

 

[MissyPowell]

In the house by the back door. It's too hot to leave it outside during summer and in winter it's more likely to attract rodents as natural resources decline.

Thank you!

 

[9SpiceyChickens]

Do you mean where you store them? I keep mine in the garage.

 

[MissyPowell]

Do you mean where you store them? I keep mine in the garage.

I meant where do you feed them. Where do you put their feeders? I store mine in home depot five gallon buckets on my screened in porch and so far no issues. I just moved their feeder from the coop to their run so they could have more room. I'm nervous it will attract predators.

 

[9SpiceyChickens]

I meant where do you feed them. Where do you put their feeders? I store mine in home depot five gallon buckets on my screened in porch and so far no issues. I just moved their feeder from the coop to their run so they could have more room. I'm nervous it will attract predators.

Oh. I haven't had predator problems yet, so mine is in the girls run.

 

[igorsMistress]

Is your run covered? Your chickens will attract the predators more likely than the feed. I feed mine on the patio so I can scare off the darn pigeons. I don't leave feed outside over night but there's a bowl of it in the coop with water 24/7