The trough will definitely be off the ground. Honestly, they are on the ground now but only because raising them didn't seem to make a difference they still managed to get them nasty and when they were raised they would wind up crapping in the water a whole lot more often. That won't be a...
Good point, without a shut off I'll never be able to fill the buckets. Right now I'm using a couple 3 gallon waterers. I forget the brand name but they work really well I just have too many chickens and those waterers aren't cheap at all. If I recall correctly they were like $27 a piece. I...
This isn't going to be an auto waterer, for now. I picked of higher priced food safe lids that have an unscrewable center piece. So I can just unscrew them when empty and fill it with the hose. And, the buckets will be going just outside the run, the water troughs being just for the run to...
Actually now that I've thought about it a bit more I don't see why it wouldn't work as long as that 1/2" outlet is the only source that air can get into the buckets from
Hi all. I got tired of having to lug several 3 gallon waterers every day (it's really not so bad of a chore but they are drinking it all faster and faster so it's getting tedious) so I decided to build something to make it a little easier. I just bought a whole bunch of stuff for it and I...