81KQumO8L._SX522_grande by randombrad posted Mar 13, 2018 at 3:56 PM
This waterer works great. Auto refills with garden hose http://farmerbrad.com/bucketauto
I have a couple of options when it comes to waterers.
The mighty micro geared towards chicken tractors: http://farmerbrad.com/bucketmicro
The Automatic Chicken Watering Bucket can be used in the wintertime with manual refill and heated element - http://farmerbrad.com/bucketauto
I was thinking about this problem. I blogged about a possible solution using technology. http://farmerbrad.com/2015/07/12/idea-intelligent-self-serve-egg-stand/
Instead of using a 5 gallon bucket I chose to use a 2 gallon bucket with a float valve. They are available at http://farmerbrad.com/bucketauto for $40
or on amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SWXXROS
My setup is similar. Except I don't have the metal, I'm going to split the corn crib in two, one side for layers one side for meat. Then I hope to make a double decker tunnel outside but keep the birds segregated. The web cam is live at farmerbrad.com