Raised Platform for Waterer and Feeder to keep bedding dry and clean!

[aart]

The tricky aspect of using both in the same container is that the heights are so different.

Exactly...I mentioned that , I think<scratcheshead>

 

[RoosterML]

Exactly...I mentioned that , I think<scratcheshead>

Not so different. An 1 1/2" block does the trick.

 

[aart]

Not so different. An 1 1/2" block does the trick.

Well, I guess....just seems silly, but maybe a good 'training' waterer.
Until you can get rid of those darn VN's
Can hardly wait to see the chicks using this.

 

[RoosterML]

Can hardly wait to see the chicks using this.

10 more days and counting!!

 

[The Lazy L]

We hang the water from a chain in our coop. Just high enough that they can drink from it. Bedding will sometimes get kicked into the tray when they're vigorously foraging in there, but the water doesn't get buried any more

Hanging water! You mind sharing the brand and model?

I used the brick method too...I've found if I keep the feeder and waterer to the same height as the chicken's back I get very little debris in them.

 

[igorsMistress]

Hanging water! You mind sharing the brand and model?

I used the brick method too...I've found if I keep the feeder and waterer to the same height as the chicken's back I get very little debris in them.

We got them at TSC, they're just the plastic gallon waterers with a metal handle.

 

[aart]

We got them at TSC, they're just the plastic gallon waterers with a metal handle.

Because, well, spilled water doesn't matter in AZ

 

[igorsMistress]

Because, well, spilled water doesn't matter in AZ

They don't really spill it especially since the little wild birds can't get in the coop and land on it.

 

[aart]

They don't really spill it

Buddy had bad luck with waterer hanging on long chain,
the birds would get rowdy and crash into it making a mess....
...so it's the first thing I think when I see a hanger.

 

[RoosterML]

Ok so the Vertical nipples just love to drip!!!
If you can't stop the flow you just gotta go with it. I made an aluminum catch pan nothing fancy to control the water flow. Now all I need to do is just place a small bucket under my brooder and everything should be good to go.

I drilled a hole to drop the funnel down into.

Place the catch pan hole right over the funnel. The catch pan is pitched to direct the water towards the hole.

View from underneath

Completed and ready to go.


Notice the puddle under the funnel.
Working great!