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

[4stakes]

Finally no more food everywhere!

My new 4" pipe feeder. The girls were very confused at first but I dropped a few millworms in and whala.

I just built one of these and the feed quit moving at the first hole. How do you get it to the other holes? Thanks

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: I have seen these feeders before and have the same question.....

Outside of tipping the whole thing to an angle so that the fist hole chicks when the peck will drive the feed down to the second hole..... and the second hole chicks do the same....

deb

 

[Timskins]

I think thats the downfall of those. I was trying to figure out my feeding set up with this technique as well. I was thinking of putting a y in the pvc and then having 2 oversize "cups" at the bottom of each split to hold the feed. Whats everyone else doing?

 

[Bens-Hens]

I just have mine on a slight angle. It does now flow as well as my single hole PVC feeder, but a little wiggle each day fills the feed tray. It actually fills the last hole the most, not the first.

 

[smfildes]

Next post. oops

 

[smfildes]

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[grandmamlj]

On the hawk proofing, why did you stain the clothes line? what's the spacing on the opening? This looks like a great idea-better than my netting!

 

[sweets3068]

Brooder Waterers:





I took a regular waterer, turned it upside down and installed horizontal nipples. It took the CX chicks about half an hour for all 26 of them to figure it out this morning. I also made a couple from Wally World's big coffee creamer bottles.

When they graduate to the tractor I'm going to mount the nipples on capped PVC pipe connected to two 5-gallon buckets on top for gravity feed.

Love the horizontal nipples! What they don't drink stays in the little catch basin under the button.

Can you PLEASE post pictures of the 5 gallon bucket and pvc waterer? I would like to do this for my flock but I am just not sure of how to set this up.

 

[perchie.girl]

On the hawk proofing, why did you stain the clothes line? what's the spacing on the opening? This looks like a great idea-better than my netting!

I am Not the Hawk proofer person... but I would say staining would be in order to Make it fit in with the "decore" not essential for the actual physical job of the net.

Oh and FWIW. The San Diego zoo uses fishing line spaced around six inches.....
deb

 

[Indiana Dave]

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That's what I need to make for my oyster shells. I mix it in the feed in the feed trough once a week and keep a 5 gal bucket full in the coop, tho its kinda hard for them to get to.