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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.
A small tree limb can be submerged with the end protruding and anything that falls in can climb out . Every stock tank for cattle should have a...
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i have built off of these plans and pictures 2 of these type of feeders. but the one i just built i think has some improvements from the issues i...
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Plastic waterer on standard heated base . .
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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.
R2elk
Sep 19, 2017
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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
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Oct 29, 2014
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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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Jan 11, 2012
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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...
Simple Pvc Hopper Type Feeder
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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...
summer/winter chicken nipple waterer
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Oct 4, 2012
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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...
Autofill Bucket Waterer
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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...
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
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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...
Top 10 Best Homemade Feeders
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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...
Quick and easy 5 gallon waterer
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Had to leave for a few days, needed a quick and easy way for the flock to have extra water.
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...
Poultry nipples
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So recently I made poultry nipples with my Dad! Here's how to make them! What you will need: 5 gallon bucket. A drill and a 11/32 drill bit...
Small Bottle Horizontal Nipple Waterer for Wire Crates by aart
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May 23, 2017
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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...
How to Make a Chicken Feeder Out of a Bucket or Barrel
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Mar 26, 2019
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This article will explain how to make a simple feeder out of a barrel! —Credits— YouTube Happy Egg Farm —What You Will Need— ⚫5-30-gallon barrel...
DIY 5 Gallon Tower Feeder
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Apr 9, 2020
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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...
Non-frost Ever-Flow Waterer
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Mar 2, 2019
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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...
Jorjfdjungle's Automatic Chicken Waterer
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Jan 15, 2015
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This is my Automatic Waterer with Horizontal Chicken Nipples. I chose the horizontal type nipples after reading some of the forums on this site. I...
Lake Norman Coop De Ville Waterer and Feeder
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Oct 7, 2012
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Lake Norman Coop De Ville Water System and Feeder Part of our goal when we designed our coop was to have feeding and watering systems that...
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