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

[sumi]

Just a reminder for all you DIY-ers, we have a DIY project page contest going over here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...y-contest-2-show-us-your-project-and-win/0_30

All kinds of poultry related DIY projects accepted.

 

[Vivi Kaye]

Will post some comments shortly! All made from salvage materials except some recent poultry netting (not pictured)

 

[SuperK]

Gravity fed Feeder from a water pressure tank. We wanted to offer free access feed but didn't want to have to check them more than one or two times a day. We had changed out our whole house water system and had this tank left over.




This is the idea

>Remove the water pump inlet plate
>if needed modify toilet floor flange. This is the adapter to go from metal to PVC Pipe

>Anchor the Tank to the coop with reinforcement studs- this will be heavy when full!


>Run pipe to the area you want the feed to go to- Remember this is gravity fed so no uphill
Last thing is to fill the tank with your chosen feed. Since we get a lot of rain (up to 200"+ / year) I will be shielding the actual feed slot with an acrylic or plywood 'wall' to keep driven rain away from the feed.

 

[bruceha2000]

Will post some comments shortly! All made from salvage materials except some recent poultry netting (not pictured)

Looks like a lot of good work. Probably a better place for the post is in the chicken coop thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/596294/post-your-chicken-coop-pictures-here

 

[GregT]

Quote:
I like this set-up.. .. great job it just "looks" fantastic ..

 

[Vivi Kaye]

Thanks, bruceha2000,
I will try that. Just learning to navigate all the site content. Thanks!!

 

[bruceha2000]

Thanks, bruceha2000,
I will try that. Just learning to navigate all the site content. Thanks!!

It isn't easy! There are hundreds (thousands??) of threads. Hard to find the right one. But you can search and possibly narrow the list.

You obviously have some of it figured out, you used the quote feature

Very handy, and NECESSARY, that one (and the multi so you can reply to more than one at a time) so people know what the heck you are referencing.

Another suggestion, put your location in your profile, that way people can answer questions that may have a geographic component, like weather.

 

[SuperK]

It isn't easy! There are hundreds (thousands??) of threads. Hard to find the right one. But you can search and possibly narrow the list.

You obviously have some of it figured out, you used the quote feature

Very handy, and NECESSARY, that one (and the multi so you can reply to more than one at a time) so people know what the heck you are referencing.

Another suggestion, put your location in your profile, that way people can answer questions that may have a geographic component, like weather.

Bruce,
in fact as of this morning, there are 981,370 threads in the various forums. I suppose that is why so many start new ones- Even at 15 seconds per search, it would take just under 4100 hours to go through them all. (24 weeks or 5 1/2 months or so searching 24/7)
I know, but the math is just what I do to pass the time.

 

[bruceha2000]

OK, so just a FEW more than "thousands"

Glad I'm only following a dozen or so.

 

[bigmrg74]

Bruce,
in fact as of this morning, there are 981,370 threads in the various forums. I suppose that is why so many start new ones- Even at 15 seconds per search, it would take just under 4100 hours to go through them all. (24 weeks or 5 1/2 months or so searching 24/7)
I know, but the math is just what I do to pass the time.

I was told that there would be no math.