Tanichca
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I live in a very hot climate, and with 4 one cup hanging waterers, I am replenishing my supply every hour or so. The birds poo in any waterers on the ground. Anyone have any suggestions?
Watering my flock
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Our local feed stores carry larger waterers like 1 gallon and 3 gallons. There are also poultry supply companies that you can order waterers and watering systems from. You can find them on the internet by using a search engine like Google.com and search 'poultry supplies'. A number of them will come up. You may want to order from one online or request a catalog to order from. I use 1 gallon hanging waters that I purchased from our local feed store. Hope this helps.
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You need to keep a ton of big waterers around big pails/buckets/poultry waterers, anything you can you will figure out what works best for you.
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For about $15 you can have 3 of these:
1-4' piece of 3"pvc
2-90 degree elbows
1- 3" cap
Been in place for two weeks and poop free.
I built a little stage for them to stand on till they get full grown.
1-4' piece of 3"pvc
2-90 degree elbows
1- 3" cap
Been in place for two weeks and poop free.
I built a little stage for them to stand on till they get full grown.
I definitely would recommend waterers that hold more. It would help you and the birds out a whole lot! How large you need, really depends on the number of chickens you have. I wouldn't go with anything smaller than a gallon though. You can can also try putting the water up on some cinder blocks to get it off of the ground, if it isn't feasible to hang it.
Good luck to you and
!
Good luck to you and
Codybird - that's a good looking contraption. How do you keep the water from spilling out? You don't mention a float or other valve.
You could use rabbit water bottles. My chicks love those. I've got the older girls on the auto rabbit waters. It's a nipple attatched to a water hose so it never runs out.
I bought mine here http://www.bassequipment.com/Automatic+Water+Systems/PVC+Ts,+Valves/default.aspx
I bought mine here http://www.bassequipment.com/Automatic+Water+Systems/PVC+Ts,+Valves/default.aspx
Take my word for it.
Lay the pipe on its side.
Fill with water.
Stand up.
Water will not run out.
Vacuum.
Think of a mason jar chick waterer, except it's not glass and plastic and it doesn't unscrew and it's not red or yellow.
Lay the pipe on its side.
Fill with water.
Stand up.
Water will not run out.
Vacuum.
Think of a mason jar chick waterer, except it's not glass and plastic and it doesn't unscrew and it's not red or yellow.
Codybird, I like your contraption, but I'm still not quite getting the picture. How do you fill it when it is laying down? Do you funnel water in through the drinking hole? How much water do you think it holds? Are you tying it up against that board?
I made an auto feeder that works well. I'm very interested in making a waterer that won't leak.
Thanks
I made an auto feeder that works well. I'm very interested in making a waterer that won't leak.
Thanks
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