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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.Solar powered stuff is EVERYWHERE nowadays thank god
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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.Not necessary. Putting a branch in the water will leach anything from the branch into the water. Used with adult poultry, I have watched them...- R2elk
Latest reviews
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Building A Treadle Chicken FeederWhat a great design of a treadle feeder. I've been thinking about making one of these, because it would do a lot to keep the mouse population...- HorseGirlAbby
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aart's Waste-Free Funnel Bucket FeederWhat an amazing idea! Even my messy chickens would have trouble spilling feed from this.
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Alternate method to prevent water freezing.This is a wonderful idea, using something every chicken keeper has lying around.
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Heated 5 Gallon Water StationPretty ingenious idea once again! You might just have to go into business! I too though would have liked another photo or two to show the...- Debbie292d
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An Outdoor Shelter For the Feeder and WatererIngenious idea for folks with smaller coops. You made it look easy too. Great article!
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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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- 12 min read
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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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- 6 min read
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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
- 2 min read
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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
- 2 min read
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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
- 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
- 3 min read
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- Reaction score: 10
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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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- Reaction score: 2
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Perkolator's Chicken Waterer
- perkolator
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- 3 min read
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- Reaction score: 4
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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
- 2 min read
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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
- pasta514
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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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Chick water station
- RebelEgger
- 3 min read
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- Reaction score: 6
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Easy solution to chicks constantly getting bedding into their water. -
DIY 5 Gallon Tower Feeder
- Eelantha
- 16 min read
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- Reaction score: 4
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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
- 3 min read
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- Reaction score: 7
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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...