Lets see your DIY no spill feeders and creative waterers!

[Bens-Hens]

Cool job!

 

[Kadjain]

 

[ChickenLife]

Thank You so much Bens-Hens for giving me an ovation for what I did on the water and feeder project, you are being very kind.

 

[farmgirlroots]

Hi I just got to your post. Here is my water system it's a automatic dog watering dish with a valve so you can set the height of the water, I got it at TSC for $13.00 and another $10.00 for the hookup valves on the water line. For the feeder I got the idea from watching what other people come up with so here is mine. I had bought a feed container $35.00 it holds about 50lbs. of grain, and it's on wheels.The Feeder was fixed with 6 = 3" Sweep elbows at the bottom of the container and they cost $5.00 each. They were set at  1/2" space from bottom of container and we smooth off the rough edges on the elbows such as the emblems and the cuts. The chickens seem to feed out of it just fine and I take a little fine stick and clean out the wood chip that seem to get in it and make sure that the grain is flowing OK. They clean up any spills. It has rained and the over hang of the coupling and the slight tilt of the sides of the container seems to help keep out the water. I took it off of the wheels and up it on some blocks so it is stationary. I have small Bantams and the 3" elbows is plenty big for them.

. Jimmywalt wand chickenlife,
You may have already said this and I missed it but what specifically did you use to seal the elbow into the plastic bin?

 

[ChickenLife]

I used Silicone Caulk - White let it set up for 24 hours. I used a 3 1/4 " drill blade for a 3" sweep elbows, and the fit was tight. The blades are price' but the choice was a good fit. I paid $18.00 for it and it was the cheapest I could find. I donated it to the shop for the guys help, they had blades bigger and smaller, just not that size, but now they do. I figure after all this construction, the left overs makes the next project even better and/or cheaper, it's all in the way you are looking at it. I do Love my chickens and the projects has brought family and friends together, its ben very good for all of us.

 

[jimmywalt]

I used Silicone Caulk - White let it set up for 24 hours. I used a 3 1/4 " drill blade for a 3" sweep elbows, and the fit was tight. The blades are price' but the choice was a good fit. I paid $18.00 for it and it was the cheapest I could find. I donated it to the shop for the guys help, they had blades bigger and smaller, just not that size, but now they do. I figure after all this construction, the left overs makes the next project even better and/or cheaper, it's all in the way you are looking at it. I do Love my chickens and the projects has brought family and friends together, its ben very good for all of us.

I used silicone caulk too. Also used a hole saw set (from Harbor Freight) to make the holes for the elbows. I think the set was only $8 bucks.

 

[Sidhe13]

My partner's uncle made us a waterer that hooks up to a tap with a ball valve in it...super easy!

 

[Timbeas8907]

After looking around on this sight for ideas this is what I came up with. I'm gonna run the gutters into it so they are rain filled. The only thing I have to figure out is how to keep it from freezing over the winter.

 

[Hokum Coco]

I am just curious about your ideas of a no spill feeder and different waterers post pics!!

Best DIY feeder I have encountered.
Click on the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJv

 

[NQBQDY]

This is my new setup, seems to be working good. The waterer holds 3 gallons and the feeder holds about 15lbs of layer pellets. All just 4" pvc and fittings, cost about $50 all together.