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

[Howlet]

my coop is a converted play house all we did was put up some salvaged cabinets from the "kitchen" of it XD they roost on the top part of the highest one and roost in the lowest inside

 

[sarahandbray]

This isn't nearly as creative as many of these....but we repurposed the long sides off of two old non-sellable cribs. Chicken wire, zip ties & staples, and VOILA! Free 4'X4' chicken tractor/playpen. Been moving it each day--two week old chicks LOVING it and get a few hours out of the brooder each decent day.

 

[Howlet]

This isn't nearly as creative as many of these....but we repurposed the long sides off of two old non-sellable cribs. Chicken wire, zip ties & staples, and VOILA! Free 4'X4' chicken tractor/playpen. Been moving it each day--two week old chicks LOVING it and get a few hours out of the brooder each decent day.

Thats awesome! we made one of those with purple plastic construction mesh and 5 wooden posts XD but you couldnt move it

 

[aart]

This isn't nearly as creative as many of these....but we repurposed the long sides off of two old non-sellable cribs. Chicken wire, zip ties & staples, and VOILA! Free 4'X4' chicken tractor/playpen. Been moving it each day--two week old chicks LOVING it and get a few hours out of the brooder each decent day.

Excellent!

 

[RonP]

I posted this on another section.

With all my down time, I came up with this idea for an extended indoor feeding station. I just built it this weekend.

Mind you, the flock spends their waking time, and eats, 90% outdoors, in an enclosed secure run.
I feed them fermented feed whenever possible...

I built this mostly for peace of mind, and as a backup.



Three stations, 3" PVC pipes with Y fitting. Concrete 16" paver block for nail and beak maintenance. It is sitting on 2 8" cinder blocks, I use deep litter.




Middle station is for feed. Picture shows the reserve, a 5 gallon reused water bottle with the funnel, a cutoff of another 5 gallon water bottle for extra reserve. It will easily hold 30+ pounds. It probably will last well over a month, if used exclusively. The reserve empties straight down into the middle feeder.



Above shows the 3 stations. Far left holds Grit, middle holds Feed, far right holds Crushed Oyster shells. Far left and right are capped. 2 foot pipe probably holds over a years supply of grit and oyster shell.



Another picture of the feed reserve, I'm pretty sure I put close to 40 pounds in there.
The reserve just sits in place, no nails or glue.

Everything can come apart easily if needed.

It's only been 2 days, but this seems to be working well

.

Just thought I would share in case someone else needed ideas.

 

[Minflick]

Is the blue crate fastened down somehow, or does it balance on the 2x4, with assistance from the 2x4 blocks on each side? It looks really nice...

 

[LindaB220]

You went there and didn't bring us back a link?!?!?

Sorry, I just saw this post. You have to register but it's good.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/parts-repairs/114176-harbor-freight-tools-dont-suck.html

 

[perchie.girl]

I posted this on another section.

With all my down time, I came up with this idea for an extended indoor feeding station. I just built it this weekend.

Mind you, the flock spends their waking time, and eats, 90% outdoors, in an enclosed secure run.
I feed them fermented feed whenever possible...

I built this mostly for peace of mind, and as a backup.



Three stations, 3" PVC pipes with Y fitting. Concrete 16" paver block for nail and beak maintenance. It is sitting on 2 8" cinder blocks, I use deep litter.




Middle station is for feed. Picture shows the reserve, a 5 gallon reused water bottle with the funnel, a cutoff of another 5 gallon water bottle for extra reserve. It will easily hold 30+ pounds. It probably will last well over a month, if used exclusively. The reserve empties straight down into the middle feeder.



Above shows the 3 stations. Far left holds Grit, middle holds Feed, far right holds Crushed Oyster shells. Far left and right are capped. 2 foot pipe probably holds over a years supply of grit and oyster shell.



Another picture of the feed reserve, I'm pretty sure I put close to 40 pounds in there.
The reserve just sits in place, no nails or glue.

Everything can come apart easily if needed.

It's only been 2 days, but this seems to be working well

.

Just thought I would share in case someone else needed ideas.

Oooh I love it.... One of my pet peeves with the pvc feeders is they have to be too tall in order to put a large quantity in them....

I take it the weight of the feed doesnt compact and cause delivery issues?

deb

 

[RonP]

Is the blue crate fastened down somehow, or does it balance on the 2x4, with assistance from the 2x4 blocks on each side? It looks really nice...

The blue crate is a water bottle crate, supported up by the 2x4 shelf, held in place by the 2x4 blocks on each side as suggested.

 

[RonP]

No, the water bottle opening is only around 2".

Most of the weight is supported by the inverted bottle.

Works great!