Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

It's a piece of red binder twine - I removed the hook latch and gerry-rigged the twine to hook the door when it half open so the wind doesn't keep banging and crashing the door good eyes!

You will learn that people around here have eagle eyes. They once read a book I had open in a picture. No joke.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

BFTP:

okay, @Shadrach, I'm feeling really ignorant right now. How do you fill it? I'm assuming it holds maybe a liter...or two of water inside the large clay portion ? (hard to judge the size)

You could fill it by the cup part if you held it tipped back......how does it not all come out when it's righted? See I basically don't understand waterers anyway, the balance between the reservoir and the trays...

 

[MaryJanet]

You could fill it by the cup part if you held it tipped back......how does it not all come out when it's righted? See I basically don't understand waterers anyway, the balance between the reservoir and the trays...

IIRC, he used to poke a hose into the tank part to fill it.

Much the same as I do with the hens ceramic water jars. Janet is drinking from one in this photo.

Here's a better view.

 

[bgmathteach]

Yes. I know you are right. But it was a real craving - wake up in the middle of the night craving sesame noodles kinda thing!
Now I am back to limiting mealworms.
Beautiful tax pics.

Thank you.

 

[bgmathteach]

You could fill it by the cup part if you held it tipped back......how does it not all come out when it's righted? See I basically don't understand waterers anyway, the balance between the reservoir and the trays...

If that is how you fill it, the water when it fills the bowl blocks the opening so air can't get into the large chamber.....this prevents the water from flowing out because of the suction (no air to replace the space the water leaves...so creates and inward suction (sort of) and holds the rest of the water in place. As the chickens drink and the water in the cup gets below the 'hole' that leads to the main chamber, a 'glug' of air goes in, and allows a 'glug' of water to come out...this continues until water in the bowl is again above the hole into the main chamber....preventing more air going in, so no water can come out.

When you pour from a full gallon of water/juice/milk....it comes out in 'spurts' or 'glugs'...then sorta stops as air goes in, then more milk/water/juice comes out. It is almost like the bottle needs to breathe. What is really happening is as the liquid comes out, the space needs to be filled by something (or, the bottle needs to collapse/reduce space by the amount that came out), hence the sudden in-pouring of air to fill the space...once that happens, no suction holding liquid in, and more comes out & the process repeats until you either right the bottle so the liquid can't flow out...or you hold the bottle in such a way that liquid flows out bottom half of opening and air flows in top half of opening, and exchange is seamless. (like when the bottle is half full and you tip it only partially.)
I don't know if I explained this in a way that makes sense to you...here is a link:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/151452/how-do-simple-bird-waterers-work

 

[bgmathteach]

IIRC, he used to poke a hose into the tank part to fill it.

Much the same as I do with the hens ceramic water jars. Janet is drinking from one in this photo.

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Here's a better view.

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@MaryJanet I love the concept of these...where did you get them? (The unglazed clay would be better, I think, for the summer, as the pottery absorbs a small amount of water, which then evaporates into the air & keeps the whole pot of water cooler. However, the glazing makes easier to clean!)

 

[bgmathteach]

IIRC, he used to poke a hose into the tank part to fill it.

Much the same as I do with the hens ceramic water jars. Janet is drinking from one in this photo.

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Here's a better view.

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P.S. That ceramic waterer is just lovely!

 

[MaryJanet]

@MaryJanet I love the concept of these...where did you get them? (The unglazed clay would be better, I think, for the summer, as the pottery absorbs a small amount of water, which then evaporates into the air & keeps the whole pot of water cooler. However, the glazing makes easier to clean!)

I got them from a local pottery called Bennetts.

Here's their website
https://bennettsmagillpottery.com.au/

Hmm I should ask them to make a few unglazed for me.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

If that is how you fill it, the water when it fills the bowl blocks the opening so air can't get into the large chamber.....this prevents the water from flowing out because of the suction (no air to replace the space the water leaves...so creates and inward suction (sort of) and holds the rest of the water in place. As the chickens drink and the ware in the cup gets below the 'hole' that leads to the main chamber, a 'glug' of air goes in, and allows a 'glug' of water to come out...this continues until water in teh bowl is again above the hole into the main chamber....preventing more air going in, so no water can come out.

When you pour from a full gallon of water/juice/milk....it comes out in 'spurts' or 'glugs'...then sorta stops as air goes in, then more milk/water/juice comes out. It is almost like the bottle needs to breathe. What is really happening is as the liquid comes out, the space needs to be filled by something (or, the bottle needs to collapse/reduce space by the amount that came out), hence the sudden in-pouring of air to fill the space...once that happens, no suction holding liquid in, and more comes out & the process repeats until you either right the bottle so the liquid can't flow out...or you hold the bottle in such a way that liquid flows out bottom half of opening and air flows in top half of opening, and exchange is seamless. (like when the bottle is half full and you tip it only partially.)
I don't know if I explained this in a way that makes sense to you...here is a link:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/151452/how-do-simple-bird-waterers-work

You explained it really well, but I got lost following the discussion in the link. I'm thinking as you say that the suction behind the greater amount of water in the tank makes it work. Maybe it lowers the air pressure there and the water weight becomes equal with the smaller amount of water in the cup exposed to regular air pressure. Maybe the surface tension of water plays a part, like an amoeba with a pseudopod sticking out? The movie The Blob...
Taxes:
The Buckeyes at 13 days old. Butters on the right, Hazel in the middle and I think Peanut on the left.

Left to right: Popcorn ready to jump, Peanut, Hazel and Butters.

 

[BY Bob]

You explained it really well, but I got lost following the discussion in the link. I'm thinking as you say that the suction behind the greater amount of water in the tank makes it work. Maybe it lowers the air pressure there and the water weight becomes equal with the smaller amount of water in the cup exposed to regular air pressure. Maybe the surface tension of water plays a part, like an amoeba with a pseudopod sticking out? The movie The Blob...
Taxes:
The Buckeyes at 13 days old. Butters on the right, Hazel in the middle and I think Peanut on the left.
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Left to right: Popcorn ready to jump, Peanut, Hazel and Butters.
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Just darling.