Here is my homemade chick feeder. I used 1 empty CD container, 1 empty cream cheese container (plastic cup would work too) and my handy drill.Completely free.It took 5 minutes to make. Here it is on top of my homemade brooder. I used an old console stereo, gutted it, fixed the lamp to the ceiling, replaced the old material for the speakers with screening, added the background from an old aquarium, done. read more
Homemade feeder Waterer made from a 4 gallon bucket free from a donut shop and a 20" plastic planter base. Simple to make, just make sure your lid has a good seal, this lid has a rubber gasket that makes for a great seal. It wont work with an ordinary lid. Simply drill one 1/2" hole an inch or two off the bottom of the bucket, make sure it is lower than the rim of the planter base. Bolt/screw the bucket to the base and thats it. One hole is enough you don't need a bunch, one keeps the water in the bucket cleaner and makes it easy to fill. While filling all you need... read more
I’ve wanted to get chickens for a while now and my wonderful wife got me six baby Araucana chicks for my birthday. So now I had to figure out a way to house them once they were grown, and not go broke in the process. The old dog house with the sides and back cut out. I decided to take my dogs old dog house that she never uses and convert it to a chicken coop. I cut the sides and back out. Back of the old dog house Obviously the dog house by itself would be a little small for the six baby chicks so I made nesting boxes for the sides and back. Essentially double... read more
As a new chicken owner I realized that once my chickens (6 Araucanas) were outside and growing faster than ever I would have to fill their old chicken feeder daily. Which is OK, but I didn't have the time. I found that most commercial feeders at the store cost around $30. I wanted to see if I could build my own for less than that.So I went to Wal-Mart. :) I bought one five gallon plastic bucket and two lids. I then drilled a series of wholes around the bottom. I then placed some spare plywood that I had on the bucket. The layer of wood is about 1" think. I then... read more
MY BUCKET FEEDER by Terry G.Items needed: 1 gallon bucket with handle and lid 1 old 5 gallon bucket (the one I used was cracked but the bottom was still in good shape)1 nut and boltdrillhand sawpiece of chain and hook to hangThe only thing I purchased was the hooks (they came 2 in a pack) the rest was items on hand Drill holes around the bottom of the small bucketI had to make the holes bigger than shown,for that I used a wood... read more
I made this feeder for less than $10 bucks and it holds amost 20 lbs feedThe one thing I changed after these pictures were taken was I blocked part of the hole at the bottomI made it about 1/2" wide and that fixed the wasting of the feed :) This five dollar 5 gal trash can worked perfect for the "holding tank" part of this feeder. The lid covers the top and prevent the food from getting dirty while also proving easy access to refill. I suggest about an 1/2" wide slit around the bottom to let the food fill the tray. Then snip off the bottom of the two dollar clothes... read more
How To Make A$15 HEAVY-DUTY, FEEDS-ALL-WEEKSTOVE PIPE FEEDERKeeping chickens in a tractor is great. The puppy can't molest them. The neighborhood coyotes can't get them. Even the local racoons have left them alone so far. The downside is, everytime I move the tractor, and that's at least twice a day, I have to: crouch over, reach into the pen, pull out a HEAVY feeder and waterer, stand up,move the pen, and crouch back down and put the feeder and waterer back in. My back is strong, but it ain't made for too much of that!!!I really wanted a feeder that would mount... read more
PVC Pipe Feeder We built the 4" as follows for Feed and 2" versions for Grit and Oyster.I think 1 1/2" would have been plenty, but ours work well enough. Supply List1 @ ANY' length of 4" PVC Pipe $101 @ 1' length of 4" PVC Pipe $*1 @ 4" PVC Wye $71 @ 4" PVC Cleanout Plug $31 @ 4" PVC Female Adapter Spigot $7Silicone for Sealing $*Instructions Dig 1'x5" or so hole.Fit 1' pipe to bottom of Wye. You can fill with sand/gravel/etc. to bottom of Wye, we didn't since ours is attached to the coop via plumbers tape... read more
These first two are the end and side view of the basic frame, with the Corgi Foreman watching closely This one shows the braces we used on top and the metal thingies we used on the corner This was an oopsie (my fault *sigh* The back end, as you can see one side is covered and the other is enclosed with chicken wire and then hardware cloth. Take no chances!! (anyone know if I can electrifiy that for a bit of extra naughtyness for the coons?) The front of the coop. It is covered by 1/2inch hardware cloth doublestapled all the... read more
We have embarked into unknown territories - raising chickens at home. Luckily, there is such a wealth information on this website. The purpose of my page is to document our processs and record our progress.We have started with four little chicks. Here they are at 4 weeks old (about). Having read many coop stories, I learned that the common theme was that you can never plan too much in advance. So, I've started with a landscape redesign to figure out where to put the coop:After much reading here and suggestions to my posts, I came up with the following coop... read more
