Question about "Homemade Waterer.....With 5 gallon bucket???" thread.

[Gazinga]

Couple of items here.....

1) if you can not pick up a full 5 gallon bucket and flip it over, then i supposed a different design would indeed be better for you. If you find it too heavy you could possibly only fill it half way.

2) I have found that the seal in the home depot buckets rot and crack pretty quickly, breaking the airtight seal.

3) For some reason, the food keeps better in teh bucket whne it is upside down, i thing the seal leaks air ever so slightly.

4) I used the large "trash can" feeder method once before and found it costly and unhygenic once the mice and rats discovered the food supply. I had to discard the entire can to discourage further prededation feeding and to sanitize any possible contamination.

But everyone is right, there are many great ideas on this forum from some very experienced people. Great forum.

Just my 2 cents from my experinences.....

 

[Rootball]

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Here it is this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=184861

See post number12 for pics

 

[briteday]

Can the nipple watering tips be drilled into a PVC pipe which is connected to a hose for constant water supply, at least until the weather gets cold enough to freeze???

 

[Whispering Winds]

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I would love to see that one!!!!!!

 

[yotetrapper]

For those mentioning pickle buckets with the gaskets...... I pull the gaskets right out. In the method where you are turning the bucket upside down, the lid would be under the water anyways, sealing the air leaks. I use all pickle buckets, and none of them have their gaskets in it, and my waterers dont leak.

I LOVE the idea of the hole large enough for a hose!! I use a very small hole, but I dont use oil pans, I use smaller large sized flower planter drips trays...they're not deep enough to cover a big hole. Now I'll be going out buying oil pans, and enlarging holes. Thanks!!!

 

[aupoet]

I have a different design for a 5 gallon water that doesn't need a tight fitting lid or for the bucket to be turned over. You fill it from the top and the water drips out into a catch basin that the chickens drink from. You can adjust the drip rate and use it to meter out medicated or vitamin enriched water. What I did was to drill a hole just big enough to attach a faucet to the side of the bucket. I set the bucket up on a crate, outside my pen and let the faucet stick through the fence to drip into my drinking container. You can find the directions on how to build one of these waters in my article on Bukisa: http://www.bukisa.com/articles/70087_building-an-automatic-waterer-for-your-chickens
If you like my article please rate it. I posted some pictures of the waterer in the other post in this forum about automatic waters.

 

[dipence71]

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no they just pop off really easy

 

[ridgefire]

My 5 gallon buck refills itself. I took a toliet fill valve drilled a hole in the bottom of the bucket just big enough to fit the valve through just like in the toilet. hooked the water up. When they drink down the water the float drops and the water kicks on and refills the bucket.

 

[kathyinmo]

"My 5 gallon buck refills itself. I took a toliet fill valve drilled a hole in the bottom of the bucket just big enough to fit the valve through just like in the toilet. hooked the water up. When they drink down the water the float drops and the water kicks on and refills the bucket."

What do you mean, "hook the water up?" It HAS to have a hose turned on at all times? Can this be done without a running hose? Thanks, Kathy

 

[Martinboyds]

why would someone from california have a confederate flag I don't understand I live in MD, a southern state, and I don't even have a confederate flag. but what do I know.