PVC Feeders .. how to make them?

[bad_coffee]

double post.

 

[bad_coffee]

wow. triple post!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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THANKS!

 

[CrazyerThanAverage]

I built this automatic waterer when the offerings at the local stores were insufficient. It is a bit overkill for 7 chickens, but I didn't want to risk the chickens being out of water if we have well issues when it is 110 degrees out. (Southern Arizona IS a desert!) The PVC is 4" pipe, the biggest they had at my Home Depot, caped at both ends and bolted on to wooden legs. I drilled through the cap and leg and inserted a float controlled spigot. I had a copper line originally, but the chickens kept walking on it and bending it, and it would start to loosen when I flipped the waterer on it's side to clean it. I replaced the part of the line that is inside the coop with a flexible plastic line (poly-something) and it is working much better. The roof is intended to keep the chickens from standing on/in the PVC/water, and to keep poop from chickens roosting on it out of the water. It keeps the poop out well, but it is a bit to high to keep them off of/out of the water. I need to lower it. I hinged it where it attaches to the legs so I can flip it out of the way when I am cleaning the waterer. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

 

[Ema]

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wow this is an excellent Idea..thanks for sharing I think I will show this one to DH and see if he can build one of these for summer use. Our coop is in the back where the barn is and we have no water running out there as of yet. next summer we will be adding new lines :-D so it will be easier. he will definitely like your ingenuity :-D

 

[admhotel]

This is the PVC feeder that I built for my inside coop. 4 inch pipe, 45 angle, 2 caps and some screws and your all set. I didn't glue the pipes together because I wanted to be able to take it apart incase I needed to adjust it. (and I did)

I think it was 2.5 inch holes that I drilled into it, I also made another that has a larger hole, but all on the top of the pipe in a line. The other one I built I don't have any pics of but I used a longer storage pipe and put it on a angle so It would be able to hold more feed. The key for mine to work is to have it on an angle so the feed flows down. I tried it with a 90 angle and it didn't flow all the way to the end. I use a mash food that doesn't flow that well once it is full, I just use a dowel to move the food down so the trough stays full.

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

Ooow! LOVE THE Water idea!