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How do you store livestock feed?

 
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A question that I'm sure has many answers, I am curious to know how different livestock keepers manage to store their animals feed. Bins? Barrels? Silos?

I keep chickens and I store their feed inside of their enclosed run for convenience. Two galvanized garbage cans can store at least a month's worth of feed and many months more of supplements/accoutrements. Their feed come from a local grain mill and I can fit several standard feed bags in each can.

Galvanized cans for feed storage

 
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Critter proof garbage cans.  I keep more feed on hand during the winter than the summer… in case of weather issues keeping me. Home.
 
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