Homemade Feeders/Waterer

[HotSauce1271]

Looking for pics of homemade feeders/waters. Or ideas of what works best for no waste feeder. Thanks

 

[aart]

This has worked for me scroll down to the final version:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-waste-free-funnel-bucket-feeder.67218/

and this works for heated in winter and pull the heater out for summer.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/aarts-heated-waterer-with-horizontal-nipples.67256/

 

[HotSauce1271]

Thank you aart....that idea looks amazing

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

i take a 5 gallon bucket and attach a metal feed pan to the bottom and cut out some triangular holes in the bucket, it costs me about 8$!

 

[TomZilla43]

Hello HotSauce, . How many chickens are you trying to feed?

 

[cluckmecoop7]

I don't use a feeder very much, and if I do, it's a old dog food bowl. (Sorry, can't find pic.)


I made a homemade waterer, well sort of....

This is one of my articles about the water nipples:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-water-nipples.75104/

 

[HotSauce1271]

I have 15 Leghorns and 5 Silkies TomZilla. I keep them in different coops though. Gets pricey buying for two coops, so looking for an inexpensive but effective way to make my own. I may try a waterer like that Cluckmecoop

 

[Steven Bussell]

I just made this waterer I used both cups and nipples. I added a hose shut off valve so I can drain and clean it. It's made using 4" pipe. Holds 5 gallons of water...
Tomorrow time allowing I will make my feeders.

 

[HotSauce1271]

What size PVC pipe did you use Steven?

 

[Echilde]

I use 16' of PVC pipes cut into 4' sections hung on the wall on the coop for feeders, but I have 44 chickens using those. I have them placed far away from the roosts though so when they throw it on the floor they can still eat it. The waterers are just the large metal ones with heat bases for winter. I tried the cups and nipples and they did not like that idea lol.