Do you have a top on the waterer? Do you have a picture?Yeah.
So I decided to do a DIY chicken feeder and waterer. The feeder is AMAZING! The waterer..... Is not. The water keeps spilling out, everywhere.

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Do you have a top on the waterer? Do you have a picture?Yeah.
So I decided to do a DIY chicken feeder and waterer. The feeder is AMAZING! The waterer..... Is not. The water keeps spilling out, everywhere.
X2Do you have a top on the waterer? Do you have a picture?![]()
Once again, science wins!Water has no friction to stop it from moving so it needs a seal to keep it from flowing out. Feed, on the other hand, has a lot of friction, so you do not need a top on it.
Yes.Do you have a top on the waterer? Do you have a picture?![]()
No I don't. I will have to take one. I have two 5/16th holes on the bottom. It is set down in an oil pan and I have a lid on it.
Oh one of those. I don't have much experience with those, just the nipple waterers. Which work quite well. One five gallon bucket lasts 80+ Chickens one day and one night, one five gallon bucket lasts 30 ducks one night.Yes.
No I don't. I will have to take one. I have two 5/16th holes on the bottom. It is set down in an oil pan and I have a lid on it.
Huh. If you fill a sink with water....Yes.
No I don't. I will have to take one. I have two 5/16th holes on the bottom. It is set down in an oil pan and I have a lid on it.
Oh ok. Wow! So one would last my 10 chickens about 8 days!Oh one of those. I don't have much experience with those, just the nipple waterers. Which work quite well. One five gallon bucket lasts 80+ Chickens one day and one night, one five gallon bucket lasts 30 ducks one night.
Yeah.Huh. If you fill a sink with water....
Take a jar...
Fill it with water....
Turn it over in the sink....
And lift it up until the lip of the jar is at the top of the water...
It will not come out...
So you must have a leak....
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Give or take.Oh ok. Wow! So one would last my 10 chickens about 8 days!