Where do you guys keep your supplies?

[Livia Ammon]

I have a barn and store supplies in our tack room or in a certain ‘straw stall’ where I keep grain and such so the animals can’t get into it.

 

[StinkyAcres]

Some of the supplies, such as bags of grit, I keep in the coop. The rest I keep in an unfinished walk-out basement room. The feed is stored in metal trash cans.

 

[perkolator]

Previous owners used metal trash cans to store all their supplies - while it does work to keep out raccoons and mice from eating it, it doesn't fully keep out moisture - eventually the bottoms may rust out if in ground contact, and more likely the handle connection of the lid may leak water, get the feed wet and rot it all. That happened on 4 different cans, even new one after the first year. This was one of the reasons I made a new coop and a main component to my design was integrated storage area (underneath the raised floor)
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[BigBlueHen53]

Well house. Floor gets wet so everything sits on wooden pallets. Well house is between house and coop, so very handy. Yes, metal lidded trash cans.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I used to keep some of it under a patio overhang near the run, but... bears. So now most everything is in the garage. Several metal trash cans for feed, humidity isn't an issue here.

 

[Sefirothe]

I have an 8x12 shed divided in half. Chickens get the back half, I use the front half for storage. Food is in a metal trash can on a dolly so I can move it in and out under a set of storage shelves I built.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Only 2 supplies, feed in the bag inside a galvanized trash can, bale of straw inside a heavy duty construction trash bag all inside the entrance door to an area walled off before chicken space. Dry and vermin proof.

 

[ChaosMom]

Previous owners used metal trash cans to store all their supplies… the handle connection of the lid may leak water, get the feed wet and rot it all. That happened on 4 different cans, even new one after the first year. This was one of the reasons I made a new coop and a main component to my design was integrated storage area (underneath the raised floor)
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Maybe this why my metal can (Lowes) doesn’t have a handle! I figured they were just cheaping out.

 

[atomic]

I keep all the feed in the house in my laundry room.

 

[woodworm]

No snakes getting in or water?

We don't have many snakes here (UK). The bin lids don't just sit on top of the bins, but have a 'lip' over the edge of the bin and have lockable lids so the wind doesn't disturb them, so no issues with water in the few years I've used them.

I place them on paving slabs so they aren't sat in a puddle.