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
AUTOMATIC WATERING SYSTEM NO HOSE ATTACHED!This page is under construction Hello my fellow chicken lovers I hope you find this page useful and full of the information you are seeking. I am going to start a new link on backyard chicken forum so we can discuss ideas on how to improve my sytem and help you build yours. Also I am working on a few diffrent methods of watering. A few ideas I have gotten from others and then expanded on. The reason I got into this was simply that my wife got tired of carring water to my flock everyday, sometimes twice during the... read more
Sorry about the title of this page... I couldn't help myself! I did a search for chicken nipples online and came up with some pretty crazy things!!!!! Beware if you try to search for these!Anyway, here is my new waterer for the chickens...I ordered some chicken water nipples from Kullas here on BYC to make some self contained waterers. After I got them, I went to Fry's (grocery store) and picked up a 4 gallon bucket for free from the bakery (frosting bucket, yummy!). Then I bought one 3/4" pvc pipe at home depot ($1) along with an elbow, a male and female connector... read more
What you'll need1 Toilet fill valve; I used a fluid master $101 Toilet supply line $3 (make sure it has 1/2" female pipe thread connector.1 1/2" male pipe thread by 3/4" female garden hose adapter $3Optional1 Light socket with switch $31 9' 2 prong extension cord $2All other parts used bucket, nuts, bolts, washers, light bulb, piece of metal and zip ties, I had in the shop.Take the bucket and make 5 marks 9" up from the bottom of the bucket as evenly spaced as possible. ***After a couple months of testing, I've found that the 9" from the bottom hole location is a bit low... read more
