Idea For a Brooder

[Haunted55]

I'll have to clean them tomorrow so will get some then. Now....about that, how bout some pics of your hay feeder?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I'll have to clean them tomorrow so will get some then. Now....about that, how bout some pics of your hay feeder?

My hay feeder is now a wash tub, the chicken wire after a while got to hard for them to get the hay out of so I just put it inside a wash tub and they have been eating it out of that. For some reason they aren't dropping as much on the floor either. I can still show you the pic I took though when they were eating it out of the chicken fencing.

 

[Haunted55]

I think it's an awesome idea! I gave mine a leaf from a bail and they went nuts!

 

[cowcreekgeek]

Ahem, it's Christmas Eve, I'll be good. The tray sits over my favorite roasting pan with a cake cooling rack over it. I've used this for a while now and it really does help. Husband cut out a bit of the edge so it will sit corretly within the handles. Sturdy set up for sure.

He's seekin' revenge for his socks, by cuttin' up your favorite pan ...

I save every scrap of stainless I can get my hands on, and had an elongated rack that I imagine was for roasting, and later lifting, turkeys. It has one wide wire handle centered on each end of a second open ring of the same shape/size, which is connected by six or so short lengths of chain to the rack below. It's suspended from two loops of wire that connect to either side of both handles ...

Purely by accident, rather than design, they can slam into the waterer w/o splashing anything out, as the chains/wires/etc. work to counter the wave created .. might be worth playin' w/ the idea, in combination w/ your bottom pan ~'-)

 

[Miss Lydia]

He's seekin' revenge for his socks, by cuttin' up your favorite pan ...

I save every scrap of stainless I can get my hands on, and had an elongated rack that I imagine was for roasting, and later lifting, turkeys. It has one wide wire handle centered on each end of a second open ring of the same shape/size, which is connected by six or so short lengths of chain to the rack below. It's suspended from two loops of wire that connect to either side of both handles ...

Purely by accident, rather than design, they can slam into the waterer w/o splashing anything out, as the chains/wires/etc. work to counter the wave created .. might be worth playin' w/ the idea, in combination w/ your bottom pan ~'-)

Love the avatar!! Merry Christmas

 

[cowcreekgeek]

It's the 'head shot' of the chicken from this post ...

Merry Christmas, folks ~'-)​

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

if you are looking to make a hay manger try this, less waste and a spot for grain as well.

 

[Haunted55]

Nice!

 

[Haunted55]

Tried to get some pics of the cake rack last night. Didn't come out well but if you look hard you can make out what we did. The only reason I needed to do this at all is the handles on the roasting pan. I wanted an easy way to remove the pan when it did it's job and collected the water the ducks would normaly have spread around.

You can see how the edge was cut out and bent down to make a "lock" to hold it on top of the pan so little flat feet can't move it and get hurt.


This is the cake rack on top of the pan, sitting over the handle. With a dremel and a cutting disc this is an easy job. Hack saw, a few minutes and it's done. Sometimes you can get these racks at Dollar Tree.

 

[Haunted55]

He's seekin' revenge for his socks, by cuttin' up your favorite pan ...

I save every scrap of stainless I can get my hands on, and had an elongated rack that I imagine was for roasting, and later lifting, turkeys. It has one wide wire handle centered on each end of a second open ring of the same shape/size, which is connected by six or so short lengths of chain to the rack below. It's suspended from two loops of wire that connect to either side of both handles ...

Purely by accident, rather than design, they can slam into the waterer w/o splashing anything out, as the chains/wires/etc. work to counter the wave created .. might be worth playin' w/ the idea, in combination w/ your bottom pan ~'-)

Okay, today's Boxing Day and the second day of Christmas. In regards to the socks......If I truely wanted to get back at a husband I wouldn't lose his socks. No, no. In fact I'd make sure he had every pair he owned washed and then dried with a big handful of pink insulation. <evil grin inserted here>

I know what you're talking about with the turkey lifter, I've got one of them around here someplace....yeah, I think it could work depending what you put it over. I've used all kinds of bases for their water. Small plastic totes work really well if you can lift them out without spilling. Maybe some rope handles added and then silicone caulking around them to keep any water in. Lots of stuff you could use.