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

[Minflick]

Pictures, pictures, pictures.

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Not very patiently!

 

[Amberjem]

Pictures, pictures, pictures.

Waiting, waiting, waiting. Not very patiently!

 

[Wootage]

Hee hee! Sorry, I'll send the husband out in the rain tomorrow to take a picture of the trough!

 

[Minflick]

Oh, no, don't send the man out in the rain! Not unless it's barely a drizzle! I'm not THAT impatient! Honest.....

 

[Aphrael]

So not an invention at all, but since we have a goat who hangs out in the yard with the chickens during the day, we have a 100 gallon water trough out there that is heated. We drilled some holes around the trough and screwed in some horizontal nipples and tada! Everyone can use it now! It's actually pretty cute to see the goat drinking with chickens drinking at the same time.

Hee hee! Sorry, I'll send the husband out in the rain tomorrow to take a picture of the trough!

That is a fabulous idea! We definitely need pics. But they can wait till the rain stops!

 

[Wootage]

We live in Western WA, the rain never stops....until it turned into snow today LMAO There are 3 horizontal nipples on this side, and then 4 on the other side. The trough is pushed up against the fence line right now for ease of power and the hose needing to be messed with constantly. Normally it's closer to the middle of the pen/run so the chickens can access all the sides.
The tarp is to block some leaves (it's under an apple tree), and to help retain heat.

 

[Aphrael]

Nice! I like it!

 

[aart]

We live in Western WA, the rain never stops....until it turned into snow today LMAO There are 3 horizontal nipples on this side, and then 4 on the other side. The trough is pushed up against the fence line right now for ease of power and the hose needing to be messed with constantly. Normally it's closer to the middle of the pen/run so the chickens can access all the sides.
The tarp is to block some leaves (it's under an apple tree), and to help retain heat.

Nice!
Is that an autofill? No worries about hose freezing?

 

[Amberjem]

We live in Western WA, the rain never stops....until it turned into snow today LMAO There are 3 horizontal nipples on this side, and then 4 on the other side. The trough is pushed up against the fence line right now for ease of power and the hose needing to be messed with constantly. Normally it's closer to the middle of the pen/run so the chickens can access all the sides.
The tarp is to block some leaves (it's under an apple tree), and to help retain heat.

 

[Wootage]

It is an autofill, the hose got taken off today after DH took the picture. Temps over the last week and a half were in the 40's and 50's...today snow.