DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions". - Page 16

I don't have a picture of it, but my mom built something very similar to this design under a treadle feeder to keep the rats away from the spilt feed. Worked like a charm. She just buried a galvanized tub in the ground and covered the top with hardware cloth. 
 

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Originally Posted by mandelyn 

Ducks are messy because of their use of water. Solution: Catch the water before it hits the bedding!

 

This is a 24x18x8 plastic tote, with a wooden frame built snugly around it, and covered over with hardware cloth. Installed a handle on one side, to easily lift the frame and pull out the tote when it needs emptied, about twice a week. Way better than mucking out wet bedding every day!

 

Someone in the duck section made one from a plastic drawer style tote.

 

You can also make a smaller one for ducklings, or build it into a duck coop by having part of the floor as hardware cloth, enough to allow for at least 6 inches of open wire around the drinker.

 

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Originally Posted by mandelyn 

Ducks are messy because of their use of water. Solution: Catch the water before it hits the bedding!

 

This is a 24x18x8 plastic tote, with a wooden frame built snugly around it, and covered over with hardware cloth. Installed a handle on one side, to easily lift the frame and pull out the tote when it needs emptied, about twice a week. Way better than mucking out wet bedding every day!

 

Someone in the duck section made one from a plastic drawer style tote.

 

You can also make a smaller one for ducklings, or build it into a duck coop by having part of the floor as hardware cloth, enough to allow for at least 6 inches of open wire around the drinker.

 

 

I'm the one that made the plastic tote one. It has a drawer that I remove and empty out the water once a day. It's great for inside.  I'll be making one that's much bigger once we all get moved outside.  Here's the picture of mine:

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/641902/created-a-water-saver-for-my-duck-brooder

Here's the brooder I came up with.  It's in an unheated garage with 19 chicks in it.  Recycled an old TV stand that I had on hand.  The first picture is the original design - the section with the cupboard doors has a 150w reptile light mounted into the left side wall, to mimic a hover brooder.  However, we were quick to realize the flaw in this - We couldn't watch the chicks!  So, the doors were removed and replaced by another window.  When they need a bit more room, the center 'shelf' will be removed so the top compartments are combined.

Here are the brooder boxes my husband built for me.  There are 4, each one can have the dividers between them removed so you can have 4 smaller brooders are bigger ones.  The fronts are removable so you can just sweep the pine shavings into a trashcan to clean.  I don't have a picture of the completed set up but the spots up top are for wood frames covered in chicken wire for ventilation and for your heat lamp to hang above it.  These are in our basement.  He built them on a old base that came out of a 1950's closet.  It has 4 drawers in it, one under each brooder box.  We have been using these the last 3 weeks and they are working great!  I will try to get a picture of the completed ones tonight.

Here's a bag collar feeder I built which I use for 25-50lb bags of feed.  My idea was that the bag can do what it already does - hold feed, and the collar just directs it down the feed ramp.  Currently feeding a bunch of cornish x off it.

and of the ramp:

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Originally Posted by xC0000005 

Here's a bag collar feeder I built which I use for 25-50lb bags of feed.  My idea was that the bag can do what it already does - hold feed, and the collar just directs it down the feed ramp.  Currently feeding a bunch of cornish x off it.

 

 

and of the ramp:

That's a genius idea! I'm going to have to show it to my husband.

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Originally Posted by Cotton42 

 

That's a genius idea! I'm going to have to show it to my husband.

I agree!! That is brilliant!!!

That is awesome  i may just end up adding one more thing to my large list of things i want to build LOL

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Originally Posted by tweetysvoice 

Quote:

Originally Posted by mandelyn 

Ducks are messy because of their use of water. Solution: Catch the water before it hits the bedding!

 

This is a 24x18x8 plastic tote, with a wooden frame built snugly around it, and covered over with hardware cloth. Installed a handle on one side, to easily lift the frame and pull out the tote when it needs emptied, about twice a week. Way better than mucking out wet bedding every day!

 

Someone in the duck section made one from a plastic drawer style tote.

 

You can also make a smaller one for ducklings, or build it into a duck coop by having part of the floor as hardware cloth, enough to allow for at least 6 inches of open wire around the drinker.

 

 

 

I'm the one that made the plastic tote one. It has a drawer that I remove and empty out the water once a day. It's great for inside.  I'll be making one that's much bigger once we all get moved outside.  Here's the picture of mine:

 

 

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/641902/created-a-water-saver-for-my-duck-brooder

I moved my chicks around today and made me one for under the nipple water bucket.  They make a big mess with the water.  This is going to be a great help keeping the bedding dry.
 

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Originally Posted by Doughie 

I wanted a tumbling composter for my coop waste. I made this tall enough to fill from over the fence and tall enough to fit a wheel barrow under it.

 

 

Beautiful! Mine isn't as pretty, but it was "affordable" ;)