Anyone have feeders and waterers that last for a weekend?

[erinszoo]

Thanks for all the great ideas! I've been sick so I haven't been able to respond as much as I would have liked. I think we're going to try something along the lines of using a 55 gal drum and beak cups as we use the hose for so many other things and don't want to leave it on in the winter for fear of it freezing in the wall of the house. That wouldn't be pretty. We're still discussing the feeders though. You all gave us so many good ideas.

And for the one who was wondering about turkeys and water ... yes, they do tend to drink a lot more water than chickens but our chickens are laying and they do drink their share as well.

We'll post pics when we get things together!

 

[kuntrychick]

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I would love to see your tweaking of the PVC pipe/rain gutter feeder!

 

[effie]

It's supposed to be 58 degrees here tommorrow ---I will get some pics -I have to go finish building the mother hens broody area tommorrow--can't wait for these babies!!!!

 

[wyododge]

You can see our set up on my page. All season. we fill our water n the coop about every three days. (24 chickens) in the summer they drink more than that, so we add a second one in the barn. For feed we just bought one of those galvanized hanging types. Fill it every five days or so.

 

[BWKatz]

I used a hospital plastic basin for water set in an old milk crate originally last winter because my nipple waterer kept freezing. The basin would get a skim of ice on it that I could easily lift or dump out. I would just fill from my water pitcher. After my milk crate broke, I found that they liked to perch on the edge of the pan toppling it over so I added the brick. The nipple feeders do stay cleaner in the summer.

 

[effie]

got my broody area done today and got some pictures of my pvc pipe feeder. I am also posting a picture of the broody area under the poo boards I put up last week. Putting them up let me make use of the floor room that was wasted. My feed can containers don't have poo all over the top of them now under the board and mommy has a place for her and the babies when they get here. I made it so the top part of the broody pen hinges down so that I can get into the area to feed ,water and clean the area and the chicks can't get out while I do it. I did make them a small wooden door when the time comes to let them out with the rest and still be able to go back in if needed. The last pic is of the new coop that I think I have the way I want it now to be most useful.

 

[wyododge]

That feeder is FANTASTIC!!!!!

not to mention the coop. I love the posts on the porch, and the old pine siding. Very, Very nice

 

[effie]

Thanks wyododge! I like your coop too and love your posts on chickens--I think like you--keep it common sensed!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My husband and I built this new coop this fall and he is dropping down about 5 feet on the left side of it and starting another roof going to the left for my garden shed and the whole thing will be attached to the garden and the girls will have run of it during the winter. The lumber came off our farm here and we salvage alot of stuff (porch posts)as we used to take down old log homes,move and restore them.I pretty much have chicken fever and I don't think he is far behind

 

[Southernbelle]

If you check my BYC page, it's pictures of my coop set-up. Towards the bottom there's pictures and a description of a feeder my husband made me; it holds 100# of pellets and the chickens have never dropped a single pellet on the floor. I designed it kinda like a gigantic version of a drop-feeder that I use on my rabbit cages. I used to have 16 chickens in that pen and it lasted for months, now I only have 7 chickens in there.

For waterers, I use poultry nipples attached to 4 gallon buckets. 4 gallons usually lasts my flock a week, but whenever I go away for a while, I put an extra 4 gallon bucket in there just to make sure.

 

[wyododge]

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Well if he helped build that coop I'd say there is no doubt... HE IS SICK!!!

Simply beautiful, and elegant design. The old barn we have has 1 1/4" by 24" x 10' some as long as 18' long pine boards on the walls. You can hit them with a sledge hammer and not make a dent, well not in the wood anyway. I took forever to get up the courage to cut two vents in them, almost cried. Did a number on my skill saw blade too. I could probably get 30k if I took them down, and sold em off, but I just can't get myself to take that old piece of history down. The folks who homesteaded here way back when, built that barn and hand dug a 60' well. both still work. There is a 70+ year old well head on the the well too.


Total thread Hijack!!! Sorry OP!!!