My New Feed and Water System.... Investment $5.75

[mjolrdanlmj]

On my way to the feed store today I stopped Sherwin Williams paint store and ask for two five gallon empty buckets with lids. Clerk just gave them to me at no charge. Thanks Sherwin Williams on Spencer highway in Pasadena, Texas. Then I stooped at Autozone parts house and picked up two 7 gallon drain pans, cost $ 2.00 each plus tax.

This is how I made them

Water : with lid on bucket I drilled two 3/8 hole about an 1 1/2 ' from the bottom and across from each other and filled with water. then flipped it over into the drain pan. works great with very little spillage. my idea was to fill it through the cap on top but it kept pouring out the pan as fast as I was putting it in.

Here is the finished water jug.



Feeder: I drilled holes about two inches aprt at the bottom of the bucket using a 1" holes wood paddle bit..Sat the bucket in the drain pan and filled it up with the scratch, installed lid. Works great.

Here is a pic of the finished feeder




Placed both on blocks and sat back and watched the girls check it out and they love it. and I know that some readers out there will scream and holler about using the plastic. But I have never heard of any logical reason why you can't, we as humans eat foods out of plastic all the time ... so it is done...And for the money ...big bang for the buck. I am planning on building a cover and partial enclosure on each side of the coop run door to protect from the weather.







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[vehve]

Personally I would be a bit skeptical about using paint buckets, especially if they have been used for their actual intended use at some point during their life-cycle, but with the vast amount of food safe plastic containers available I can't see any reason not to use plastic. Metals can often dissolve into water, so in my opinion plastic would be a safer choice. Of course you could go with a glass container to be safe to not have anything dissolve, but with the risk of it freezing or tipping over and breaking that doesn't seem very smart either...

 

[mjolrdanlmj]

Personally I would be a bit skeptical about using paint buckets, especially if they have been used for their actual intended use at some point during their life-cycle, but with the vast amount of food safe plastic containers available I can't see any reason not to use plastic. Metals can often dissolve into water, so in my opinion plastic would be a safer choice. Of course you could go with a glass container to be safe to not have anything dissolve, but with the risk of it freezing or tipping over and breaking that doesn't seem very smart either...

These are brand new buckets and never been used and I bleached them out before using them.