I bought a 15 gallon drum (blue) and added 8 nipples (red) to it. I filled it with clean plain water and left the other waterer in there with apple cider vinegar treated water. A few chickens tried it right away. I was not sure they were all using it. After a day and half the old waterer was not...
Yea, If I did it again, I would use street 90's cut out like the others. That said, I am not particularly convinced this container is going to last a couple winters without breaking eventually. Great idea, but I think it needs a better vessel to hold it than what I have right now.
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We use this one for 19 and it lasts all week. 54 quart tub.
Plus - holds 7 - 8 gallons of feed. See through and cal tell its amount easy.
negative - The plastic is thin and I am afraid winter could be hard on it and the birds like to roost and crop up the lid.
Yea, I'm with aart. I only live in Maryland and making something like that would probably have to be drained from mid november until march or it would shatter from freezing.