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How to make a homemade glass waterer!You've got this! Just add some pictures to go with the explanations. Let me know when you fix this up a bit and I'll change my rating. You can...- Debbie292d
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The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket WatererIt cost me around $27. The feeder pan I got from tractor supply was the most costly piece to this ($14 by itself).
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The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket WatererSeems like a simple enough design for most to copy. What was the approximate cost of the project?- N F C
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The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket WatererI had let out the plug when I thought I screwed the lid on enough but turns out it wasn't enough.
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The Simplest Gravity-fed, 5-Gallon Bucket WatererI'm not understanding how the water gushed out before you got the lid on. Wouldn't the plug in the hole have stopped it? Did the force of the...
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Building A Treadle Chicken FeederExcellent article! I love that you included a list of materials used.- casportpony
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How to make a homemade glass waterer!Interesting quick waterer design. It looks like it would work well for a smaller flock or if one needed to separate a couple of hens. The water...- Lacy Duckwing
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How to make a homemade glass waterer!Good start! Could use more photos and details to be repeatable.- muddy75
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How to make a homemade glass waterer!You have the start of a great article here, so please put a few pictures in here to show us what to buy, give a few options, explain what we're...
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Chick water stationInteresting idea. Nice write-up of how to build this. My concern would be the whole thing tipping over if the waterer got empty and too many...
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Feeders & Waterers
Homemade chicken feeders and waterers. Designs, pictures, and plans.
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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.
- R2elk
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If you have ground for your coop floor or in your run you can use this method to prevent water from freezing without the use of electricity. Use... -
aart's Waste-Free Funnel Bucket Feeder
- aart
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I started with a trigger feeder, it ended up not working so well, but details of that are in the spoiler ADDITION 11-7-16 I played with making a... -
Building A Treadle Chicken Feeder
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Building a Treadle Feeder I like wild birds. I used to feed them on purpose, but now that I have chickens the wild birds have become a cost and... -
summer/winter chicken nipple waterer
- Chicken Techie
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I guess the best way to do this is to list all the features then explain how it works and how to build it. So here is my winter friendly chicken... -
3D Printing for Chickens (Feeders and Other Accessories)
- Donya Quick
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Have a 3D filament printer? Want to make some useful things for your chickens? Then this article is for you! 3D printing lets you create custom... -
Simple Pvc Hopper Type Feeder
- jeb251
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my simple $5, 5 minuet feeder Hi all, I made the first one of theese about two years ago, now I have about ten of them of different sizes... -
Autofill Bucket Waterer
- Nuclear Chickens
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OK, Here is my Auto Fill Kitty Litter Bucket Waterer. First I Bought a plactic water trough fill valve from my local feed store for about... -
Cooler Waterer
- Tram
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Credit for my idea goes to Muddy Hill Farms and their cooler adapter for insulated Coolers. When I purchased them, they were $26 for 4 of them... -
Simple, effective, DIY no-waste feeder
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Chickens are messy. Very messy. Yes they poop, but all animals do. Sure, they purposely cover themselves in dirt, but really, what animal doesn’t... -
Heated waterer, using a stock tank deicer and horizontal nipples
- blackdog043
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I use a 5 gallon bucket, gamma lid, horizontal nipples and a stock tank deicer for my heated waterer. I like to use horizontal nipples, because... -
Perkolator's Chicken Waterer
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I built this super-simple, auto-fill, gravity-feed, chicken waterer for my new chicken coop. My waterer required a reservoir due to using... -
Small Bottle Horizontal Nipple Waterer for Wire Crates by aart
- aart
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Being a big fan of the Horizontal Nipples, they are so versatile, I have tried them in many different bottles. Mostly in juice/milk type bottle... -
A Twist on a 5 Gallon Spring Water Jug Gravity Fed Poultry Waterer ~Sally Sunshine
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A Twist on a 5 Gallon Spring Water Jug Gravity Fed Poultry Waterer I needed a big waterer for our 26 meat birds desperately, then I saw the... -
Incredibly Cheap Small Space Feeders and Waterers
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“ There isn't any room for the chickens!” Yes, that was my first thought after we had placed the just purchased typical red and white waterer... -
Top 10 Best Homemade Feeders
- BYC Project Manager
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They say that necessity is the mother of all invention, and we have to admit we believe it, especially on farms, homesteads, and backyard coops... -
Non-frost Ever-Flow Waterer
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Keeping our birds' water from freezing is a difficult job for most chicken keepers. Especially if you live in cold climates, this may turn into an... -
Pipe Feeder For A 3 Hen Coop
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Here's my pipe feeder for a 3 hen coop. This seems to work well with pellets, but crumble doesn't feed down easily enough. Maybe replace the 60... -
Adjustable Verticle Nipple Water Station
- jthornton
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I came up with an adjustable water station for my new chicks. Everyone know they keep growing fast so being able to raise the water station up as...