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

[Rnbwbrite1207]

Look what my DH made for me!

He wired a ceramic lightbulb socket into that flower pot and used electrical putty (?) to attach a glass pie plate on top. It is working awesome.

 

[malndobe]

Yep, thread search is pretty laborious too.
This forum is one of the most difficult I've used to get search info, and I've used a lot of them, ..... too much chatting.
That's just my opinion, as I'm not much of a chatter.

'Advanced Search>Titles Only' is the best to use here, and even then, a lot of wading thru yakking.

If I find something here I like and want to keep for future reference, I copy and paste it to one of the informational documents I create to save stuff.

I actually find it's easiest to search this forum by leaving the forum and going to Google. Type in backyardchickens.com and whatever I'm looking for and it will give me a good list of posts to read. Better than the search engines that are built into the forum.

 

[perchie.girl]

Look what my DH made for me!
He wired a ceramic lightbulb socket into that flower pot and used electrical putty (?) to attach a glass pie plate on top. It is working awesome.

Eggcellent ..... i have seen Cookie tins used as well. How are you anchroing it so the whole thing doesnt get knocked over.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: LOL.... done that too.

I belong to at least four High volume lists One of which has over 19,000 posts. Some are cranking out 600 posts every couple of days. I enjoy reading the new stuff. And I dont seem to have a problem with string searching.... But then Searching out information was my job for many many years.

deb

Oh as an afterthought I get all posts downloaded to email and read the texts on Thunderbird. I can do a string search there find the post I am looking for and then hit the Button to go to that post. I keep all emails for about a year so my email is pretty huge. But it saves me time if I want to scan through. Thats why sometimes I pop in kind of late because I have missed a picture.

 

[Rnbwbrite1207]

Eggcellent ..... i have seen Cookie tins used as well.   How are you anchroing it so the whole thing
doesnt get knocked over.
deb

The flower pot sits into the cinder block pretty snug and the waterer is still chained to the ceiling. So if it fell the waterer wouldn't fall. The flower pot may fall onto the bedding but it hasn't gotten warm enough to start a fire. (We tried it in the garage in a metal trash can filled with dried leaves for about six hours)

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote: Gawd sorry for my spelling.... Good idea about doing a test run. What Wattage are you running on the light bulb(s)?

deb

 

[Leahs Mom]

I've been looking at a LOT of watering systems. Which nipple attachment is best? Saddle, push in or screw in?

Just my opinion here but...
I tried them all and I don't like them at all. Every kind leaked...not continuously, but when the birds push to drink they drop too much water and there is always water on the floor and stinky litter. I even tried putting a pan under them and it filled w/water and stunk. Some of them let more water out than others.

And...again, just my opinion....
I don't think drinking from a nipple is a natural way for a chicken to drink. I like giving them somewhere to drink that is down where they can get some and tip their head back to swallow like they're designed to drink.

Okay. Opinion over.

 

[Rnbwbrite1207]

Deb- It is a sixty watt bulb, also with the clear glass pie plate it glows at night. I will post a pic when I venture out there to shovel snow later.
Ms Jellybeans- have you considered the cup waterers? They can be mounted on PVC line or straight on buckets and I have read good things about them. I am considering installing them in the summer.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Deb- It is a sixty watt bulb, also with the clear glass pie plate it glows at night. I will post a pic when I venture out there to shovel snow later.
Ms Jellybeans- have you considered the cup waterers? They can be mounted on PVC line or straight on buckets and I have read good things about them. I am considering installing them in the summer.

I have looked at them and read they get gunked (bedding and such get into them) up and clog up. That is if you and I are thinking the same ones. From what I have read most people stop using them after awhile.

 

[Leahs Mom]

I LOVE my cup waterers. Easy to clean - just twist them upside down and twist back up. They're by far the waterer I like the best that I've ever used because they are so easy to keep clean - better than anything I've ever found.

I decided not to use them for winter as the tiny necks do freeze even when I kept the water very warm with a fish tank heater.

Here is my final winter assessment and the original post.

Those cups cost me less than $3.00 each.