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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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Jorjfdjungle's Automatic Chicken WatererI consider myself pretty bright and my husband has an amazing nack for back yard engineering. I can't believe neither of us thought of a toilet...
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Building A Treadle Chicken Feederi 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... -
Plastic waterer on standard heated base . .They’ve had no trouble at all. I also run mine off an extension cord from the house. The waterer is a Little Giant which is my favorite - I have... -
Plastic waterer on standard heated base . .thank you for this post. We lost power out to the barn and have been using an extension cord for the dog water bowl. we keep checking for a heated...
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aart's Waste-Free Funnel Bucket FeederThis is the closest thing to a waste-free feeder I've ever had. Fantastic, easy to build, and...- BanoOmg
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Nipple Waterer For My BrooderLove this! Very practical it doesn't involve any tools. Good example of upcycling. I'm headed...- Justso
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Simple Pvc Hopper Type FeederSpectacular. The explanation made the design so easy to follow. I have several places already in...- rjmyooper
Feeders & Waterers
Homemade chicken feeders and waterers. Designs, pictures, and plans.
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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.
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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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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... -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...