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Building A Treadle Chicken FeederI love this feeder but not sure if I have the skills to build one properly. Do you know of anyone the builds and sells this feeder?
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Building A Treadle Chicken FeederThis took an amazing amount of time. Thank you for sharing. I have wanted to build one but was unable to find instructions to get started. I will...- Eggcentric NanaJ
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Automated PVC FeederA list of the materials used and details explaining/showing how to build it would improve this article.- casportpony
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Do It Yourself Chicken FeederGreat idea and it looks like it works well! It does appear like it'd be easy for birds to be wastful with, but outside of that, it looks very...- Lacy Duckwing
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Cooler WatererEasy to read and follow, with a list of materials and photos. Nice job.- azurbanclucker
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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
- Gallo del Cielo
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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... -
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... -
Perkolator's Chicken Waterer
- perkolator
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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... -
Simple, effective, DIY no-waste feeder
- TheYLWFlock
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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... -
Adjustable Verticle Nipple Water Station
- jthornton
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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
- 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
- hocuspocus
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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... -
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... -
An Outdoor Shelter For the Feeder and Waterer
- 3KillerBs
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A field shelter for the feeder and waterer, built from salvage lumber and scrap material. -
Chick water station
- RebelEgger
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Easy solution to chicks constantly getting bedding into their water. -
DIY 5 Gallon Tower Feeder
- Eelantha
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When I discovered that the big comb of my Crested Cream Legbar rooster hampered him whenever came the time to eat from the coop’s Tube Feeder, I... -
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...