DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

[Chickenuts]

lol! Cattle panel hoop coop?! I'll have to search that! Hope you post pics along the way!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Thanks for the photo!

That's another one of those things we can't use in the winter around here. But dandy for summer I imagine you could use the floats on any kind of container too...do they just sit over the edge of the container or do you have to screw them down?

 

[perchie.girl]

Thanks for the photo!

That's another one of those things we can't use in the winter around here. But dandy for summer I imagine you could use the floats on any kind of container too...do they just sit over the edge of the container or do you have to screw them down?

they have thumb screws on a clamp in the back. They could easily be set upon a chicken water heater.

Before I could afford an 80 gallon water tank for the goats I had one set up on a Muck bucket. You know those tubs that have two rope handles. It lasted about three years before the sun killed it.

deb

 

[ozexpat]

I need one like that for a tank to run low pressure nipples for my menagery. The goal is a 200 gallon tank with a float filler connected to the piggery, goat house and coops.

 

[Pancholoco]

pretty simple Products bought at the feed store I have had horses since 1967 so I am very familiar with how rugged they are.

float valve around 12 bucks


six gallon tub made of recycled car tires again about twelve bucks


I have four or five setups. The beauty is they are reusable for other things if I dont want a waterer. They Do NOT degrade in the sun.... The floats do have a little rubber membrane to seal off the port but I have never had to replace one ever. You can buy replacements though.

deb

This is what I want to use for the chicken waterer, unfortunately was out of stock in the local TS.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
I totally agree with you, I cringe whenever I see posts about nipple systems.

I have some of the same concerns over nipple systems. With the regard to the natural way chickens drink.

But I do understand the other point of view. Bowl or waterer cleaning is a daily task and if not maintained as it could affect the health of your birds.

Leakage is a fault of application of the product.... either inferior product or too high pressure or faulty installation process.
That being said I do use an automatic watering system. Built by myself. I use bowls with floats designed for livestock. They handle house hold pressure as well as low pressure delivered by a gravity system. They look clunky but I have never had a failure from the mechanism.

Leakage and water spillage can be addressed by building a wire based platform for the chickens to stand on and drink from. Raising the water up off the floor of the coop by several inches. Then placing gravel or rocks underneath Ideally with a tray under the rocks to deliver spillage down a drain of some sort. This will work for nipple waterers too.

I find the most of the "dirt in the water" issues could be served if I can move the water outside of the coop entirely. Allowing the chickens to drink through bars or wire that wont allow them to put anything in the water trough except heads. Like the waterers they use on brooders for baby chicks at the feed store.

All this is to accomodate my climate my chicken raising operation.... I live where its very hot and dry 100s+ in the summer and very cold and dry 30s in the winter. Even though I see freezing temps at my place it rarely freezes over the water containers

deb
I would like to just add.... if you missed the part about the drain for the basket to catch the water DON'T skip that part. if you just use a pan it will cause you LOADS of problems..... cocci is one.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
I totally agree with you, I cringe whenever I see posts about nipple systems.

I have some of the same concerns over nipple systems. With the regard to the natural way chickens drink.

But I do understand the other point of view. Bowl or waterer cleaning is a daily task and if not maintained as it could affect the health of your birds.

Leakage is a fault of application of the product.... either inferior product or too high pressure or faulty installation process.
That being said I do use an automatic watering system. Built by myself. I use bowls with floats designed for livestock. They handle house hold pressure as well as low pressure delivered by a gravity system. They look clunky but I have never had a failure from the mechanism.

Leakage and water spillage can be addressed by building a wire based platform for the chickens to stand on and drink from. Raising the water up off the floor of the coop by several inches. Then placing gravel or rocks underneath Ideally with a tray under the rocks to deliver spillage down a drain of some sort. This will work for nipple waterers too.

I find the most of the "dirt in the water" issues could be served if I can move the water outside of the coop entirely. Allowing the chickens to drink through bars or wire that wont allow them to put anything in the water trough except heads. Like the waterers they use on brooders for baby chicks at the feed store.

All this is to accomodate my climate my chicken raising operation.... I live where its very hot and dry 100s+ in the summer and very cold and dry 30s in the winter. Even though I see freezing temps at my place it rarely freezes over the water containers

deb
I would like to just add.... if you missed the part about the drain for the basket to catch the water DON'T skip that part. if you just use a pan it will cause you LOADS of problems..... cocci is one.

Nope see the blue.... LOL. Sorry I get verbose some times. I am in Writing mode right now... Dang book...

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Tractor supply isnt the only source. Local feed stores carry them. Where i am sitting in the Suburbs of San Diego I can count four within a 20 mile radius.

Even Walmart fills in a niche demand for some stuff. Feed mostly and buckets.

deb

 

[Pancholoco]

Tractor supply isnt the only source.  Local feed stores carry them.  Where i am sitting in the Suburbs of San Diego I can count four within a 20 mile radius.

Even Walmart fills in a niche demand for some stuff.  Feed mostly and buckets.

deb

I never seen it in Walmart and even no one local feed store carry them, I'll wait until my local TSC have it in stock or buy it online.

 

[aart]

they have thumb screws on a clamp in the back. They could easily be set upon a chicken water heater.

Before I could afford an 80 gallon water tank for the goats I had one set up on a Muck bucket. You know those tubs that have two rope handles. It lasted about three years before the sun killed it.

deb

IF you had one of those fancy heated hoses!