Single hen

[Jennyhenny]

I've been looking for a bin to keep my food stuffs in i.e. pelletts and corn. I assume a tin bin would be better than plastic so that rodents can't get in.

 

Ive looked but can only see plastic ones, the feed will be kept in the garage (never seen any rats), will this be ok or do i definitely need metal. If so does anybody know where I can get metal ones from in the Nottingham area.

 

Thanks again everyone, I'm nearly sorted - done lots of shopping for the girls - my husbands already saying I'm spoiling them

 

Jennyhenny

[helen5848]

I store all of my feed in plastic bins with secure lids and never had any problems. To be honest I've not seen metal bins for years!

 

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I have a metal bin (and I think a lot of Omleteers do too!)

 

Helen, you're very lucky if you've not had anything nibbling on your bin .

 

I got mine from Ebay but B&Q stock them too.

[Falkor]

I have a metal Ikea bin like this one:

 

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90099049

 

and the lid is held on with a bungee cord. I can empty a whole sack into it no problems

 

I think there is an Ikea in Nottingham

[BarbaraJ]

I got one as my food is outside, didn't buy it though , picked one up from Freecycle. The person i got it from was glad to see it go

[Guest]

If you go to a horse feed merchant you can buy different sized galvanised bins there(they are really expensive)

A few years ago i bought two metal dustbins with metal lids in ikea as well and they hold full bag 25kg as palmer has said. They were really cheap and i wish i had got more as they have been outside for the past 5 years and look brand new....

Def get metal if u can with good fitting metal lid as they will be rodent proof

Good luck

indie

[Weathercoc]

Hi All,

I was in my local "Pets for you" a couple of weeks ago, buying cat litter and they had an offer whereby I got a free plastic bin with the litter. Of course it would be a shame to use such a magnificent object purely for cat litter, so it's now full of layer pellets. And it holds a full bag!

 

Might be worth looking out for, if you're buying for other pets as the free bin offer was on a number of products.

 

Gary

[The 3 D's]

I have got a plastic bin too. I havent seen any nibbles so far and have had it for two years. It is a vey strong plastic though.

 

Matt

[bigmommasally]

I've got the large size one of these it is very tough plastic had it since last Sept and haven't seen any mice/rat nibbles on it yet - frantically touching wood and hoping I'm not tempting providence! It takes a full sack of feed easily.

 

http://www.petsathome.com/find/category-is-1+cat/category-is-1d+feeding/product-is-V00103

[Gallina]

It depends where you keep your bin. If it is in a wooden shed, you definitely need metal. But if it is in a properly built outhouse with no holes for the rats to get in, then strong plastic would be fine: a small wheelie bin is a good idea if you need to be able to push the food to one side.

 

I would have thought that if you keep the bin outdoors, the food could get damp. This would not be such a problem if you have hens like my greedy group of eleven who get through a sack in two weeks; but if you have slow eaters, it might go off.