Chicken feed storage

Posted by Simone on August 26, 2011 at 11:46pm

Hi,

We have finally got some chickens. We have been scratching our heads trying to think of what to store the chicken feed in. I had thought of a galvanised outdoor bin, but cant fine one anywhere. Any other ideas to keep the rats out? Or do you know where I can get a galvanised bin?

Thanks :-)

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  • Simone September 18, 2011 at 5:56am
    Wonderful, thank you everyone. Have managed to get an industrial food grade plastic bin. Problem solved!
  • Gary Brown August 28, 2011 at 11:08am

    We also keep ours in the large black plastic rubbish bins. We have hade no problems with rats gaining access although we do have rats, despite baiting around the hen house.

    I made a wooden feeder of the type that the chooks stand on to open, but the rats gnawed into it. We now have a metal one ( way cheaper at rural supply stores ), but the sparrows have learnt to wait for the chooks to open it then they take turns diving right on in. I'm philosophical about the feed loss .

  • Earl Mardle August 27, 2011 at 7:31am
    We got a couple fo steel bins from Trade Me. They are food grade and cost $15 each.
  • Kate Jury August 27, 2011 at 1:32am

    Hi,

    We keep our chicken food in large, heavy-duty plastic garbage bins.  They have flip-up metal handles which also clip over the lid to keep it secure.  My parents invested in some super-heavy-grade plastic drums with screw-on lids, which were also good, but a little harder to get to the feed at the bottom of the bin as the top/opening is narrower than our garbage bins.

    Cheers,

    Kate

  • Brian Adam August 27, 2011 at 12:30am

    Do you mean something to put the feed in for the chooks to get at? or storage of the bulk feed somewhere else?

     

    We have a 2kg feeder inside the house to help prevent the sparrows etc going for it, and a rodent bait station nearby to keep tabs on the rats. Bush rats have got inside the (raised) henhouse and ate lots of feed and bedded down and left their turds in the nestboxes, so we put out bait after bait and closes the hens in the house o'night til no more bait was being taken. We have a nifty remote door closer to make it easy to work the henhouse door. 

    Other feeders might be better, like the ones that require the hens to stand on a device which opens the galv lid. Min qual requ: school cert  ;)

    Cheers

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