Homemade Feeders and Waterers... Possible Sticky???????

[Organics North]

This thread is already on the list:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=109158&p=1

I use Speckedhens PVC pipe feeder design in the second post of the above thread. It is great..NO waste, only fill once in a while. BYC is saving me money.and time.

(Know if I could only figure out a way to feed a wet mash and sprouts with out the birds scratching it off their plate..)
ON

 

[jessjeffsammy]

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Someone please help!!!

I've wasted soooo many 5 gallon buckets trying to make waterers out of them.... I don't understand what I am doing wrong. I followed all the directions perfectly but the water still spills out everywhere. I've tried several different methods, tried changing the size of the holes, the location of the holes, you name it I've tried it. Should I just give up on it? As much money as I've spent on buckets by now I probably could of bought a huge waterer from the feed store.

I made the feeder and it works perfectly... so am I just dumb???

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[paddock36]

I just made this one http://toolmakingart.com/2008/06/10/chicken-feeders/ and it works great.

 

[benandbobbi]

watering

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=334456

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=328918

 

[jamesrm]

My watering system:

First, I am trying designs for a larger scale, and if anyone has better ideas please share them. I have a 5 tier GQF brooder system and several home built brooders. I have the GQF automatic watering system on the brooders, which is a 5 psi reducer that fits on a hose pipe, which I have my shed plummed with PVC so I can have water everywhere.

I originally had water in my homemade pens by taking the float valve off the GQF pens and installing it in a TSC 1 gallon plastic vacuum waterer. This worked fine, assuming you had a strong vacuum and no leaks in the line, and the waterer didn't get tipped a lot. Worked OK, but I was not happy, I could do better.

So I installed the float valve in 2, then 3, then 4 inch PVC and used a skill saw to cut watering slots. This just didn't work either. So, I used some extra feed troughs from my GQF supplies, installed the valves, and used 4 inch PVC J hooks to hold the pens level on the brooder. After the ducks, turkeys and geese all discovered they could bathe and play in the water, I had to screw the troughts to the pens, which works well. I connected those to my low pressure water line, and now, all the on demand water they can handle

This would also work fine with a gravity fed system as long as the bucket is not a long way above the pens, or if it is put the pressure reg in line. I am going to use 35 gallon tanks on my tractors and the 9 inch waterer system from GQF. I will also rig a hose adapter so I can supply with a hose when in range.

Ill get pics up soon.

 

[cklspencer]

Someone please help!!!

I've wasted soooo many 5 gallon buckets trying to make waterers out of them.... I don't understand what I am doing wrong. I followed all the directions perfectly but the water still spills out everywhere. I've tried several different methods, tried changing the size of the holes, the location of the holes, you name it I've tried it. Should I just give up on it? As much money as I've spent on buckets by now I probably could of bought a huge waterer from the feed store.
I made the feeder and it works perfectly... so am I just dumb???
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

If you are putting the bucket in a pan and the water just keeps coming out more the likely you are not creating a vaccum. Think of it as a bucket that you have not drilled a hole in yet with the lid on the bucket it needs to be 100% air tight. First the hole that you place in the bucket should be placed below the level of the pan you are putting it in. Secound it should be the only hole in the bucket.
If you are making the hole on the bottom side of the bucket and you have a lid on that bucket and the water is pouring out then the lid is not sealing all the way. Your best bet would be to put the lid on turn the bucket over so the lid side is down and then drill the hole you need after you have placed the bucket in your pan and marked the hole ( the hole will at least need to be above the rim of the lid so make sure your pan is deep enough.)
I hope this helps.

 

[bturbo87]

seems like a good place for this and i hope it helps someone. I just had a major emergency with one of the chicks i brought home today. A week old golden comet, whose yolk was not completely obsorbed, and ended up completly falling out, what a big bloody mess. well here i am 1130 at night with a need to seperate my chicks, and no waterer, and i definately dont want her to drown so here what i came up with.


supplies:
deep jar lid ( i used the lid from a peanut butter jar)
some tin foil
scissors
tape


instructions:

thoroughly wash lid, cut strips of tin foil to equal twice the width of the jar and 2 to 3 inches thick.
fold foil in half lengthwise until "sturdy"
place over convex side of lid to split in half, then tightly wrap around to the back and tape.
repeat with other strips of foil until you have what would look like a pie or pizza slices.
fill with H2O

they can still get their head in to drink, but they cant get down deep enough in it to drown

hope this helps someone, and maybe relieves a bit of stress so your not brainstorming for a waterer while you dealing with an emergency

 

[cklspencer]

Here are the waterer I made for my chicks the other day. I got sick of changing the water every few hours. This really fixed the problem and it was easy to make. No more mess and the chicks really like to use them. Next will be the one in the coop.

 

[cluckcluck42]

Perfect, Thanks for taking the time. Sticky!

 

[Chicken Jack]

Here's a feeder I made out of rough cut oak and boy is it heavy--but it works!

It has a lid which can hold at least 50 lbs of feed in the middle section and the two smaller sections on each end hold grit and oyster shell. The picture is small but I can draw up a plan if anyone is interested.

CJ