Waterer from hummingbird feeder...

[EJn]

So the wife and I have some chicks that are about to hatch and I was looking for a chick waterer that hung.. we always had so much stuff in the waterer if it set on the brooder floor... Instead of buying one I repurposed an old hummingbird feeder and did this...
Works like a charm and no $ spent lol

 

[Stephanie8806]

Brilliant! Great idea guys!

 

[EJn]

And it's just a bottom section of the hummingbird feeder nothing special... The plastic ones split apart so it makes it easy

 

[Stephanie8806]

My current brooding setup has the chicken feeder plastic bottoms that you can buy for 99 cents, and they can screw right on to a regular mouth mason jar(or be shimmied inside a wide mouth)... not expensive, but like you said, they sit on the ground and after about the two week mark, you’re constantly dumping the tray that gets filled with bedding!

I also have the problem at about 4 weeks of chicks perching on top of them... either pooping in it or knocking it over. Seems like this would fix that problem as well!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I love repurposing stuff! This is awesome!!!

I used a nipple waterer that I screwed into the bottom of a 20 oz soda bottle. But I absolutely love this idea! Genius!

 

[Stephanie8806]

I love repurposing stuff! This is awesome!!!

I used a nipple waterer that I screwed into the bottom of a 20 oz soda bottle. But I absolutely love this idea! Genius!

That’s super smart too!!! My adult flock has a water bowl, but also a horizontal nipple waterer. And it wouldn’t be hard to hang a bottle with nipples in a brooder either. Great ideas!