[Lardman]

I'd like my utility room back so was looking for something to keep  food / bedding materials in outside.

I've checked the bins at Been and Queued and frankly they were terrible, thin enough to see through, extremely lightweight and air holes in the lids. My council are on wheelie-bin so there's no help there. The galv bin are no thicker than a drinks can and would knocked over by foxes easily.

What's everyone else using and where did you get them from?

[pammie]

Hi,  I keep sawdust and straw in plastic bags in the shed and food is kept in a plastic bin, mine is quite thick though, cant remember where I got it from.

[Anndee]

I keep my food in plastic bins with lids on. normally used for storing dog kibble and I also have some old type black plastic dustbins with lids which I used to use to keep my horses food in years ago!

[kegs]

I use the dark brown outside storage box from Been & Queued (love that!) which cost £34 and is quite sturdy.  Inside it I keep two of these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60045656 each lid held in place with an elasticated bungee, one bin for bedding and one for food (it will hold a 20kg bag of layers pellets) with room left over in the storage box for cleaning products.

[joyfull]

I use metal dustbins for feed (got 4 free from freecycle), 1 for chick crumb, 1 for growers, 1 for layers and 1 for mixed corn - all rat proof (rats chewed through my thick plastic dustbins  ). They should be stored in my tin shed but 12 chickens have taken up residency in there so the dustbins are outside. Their hemcore is kept in the tin shed as is their medicines.

[Lardman]

Im loathed to pay 40 quid for a waffer thin tin can, and the Ikea ones posted are for inside use only.    I was looking at these http://www.containerama.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=118 thinking at least they wont rust in 12 months.

While I've not had rat problems the old bloke next door and his pigeons are plagued by them (poor husbandry on his part), so its a major concern and part of the reason I keep the food / bedding inside the house at the moment.

[joyfull]

try asking on your local freecycle/freegle sites - the metal dustbins I got are proper old ones and very heavy duty 

[Sassy]

I have a friend with chooks who keep the food in a galvanised bin outside - it is, admittedly, and older bin and therefore thicker.

[crh75]

We use a rubbish bin from Homebase similar to this:
http://www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=110&storeId=10151&partNumber=942081&Trail=searchtext>WHEELIE+BIN
One for wood shavings and one for food.  We have had rat problems in the past but they never got into the bin.

[mickthepieman]

I use one of these

[asd1]

All bedding is kept in shed but all feed is kept in two blue and red screw top barrels that I got free for the local Indian takeaway ( previously used for mango chutney)