GottaHatchAPlan
Chirping
We've DIY'd most things for our birds. Their food bowl started out life as a pot plant saucer, their grit dish an old cat litter box and their water bottle an old milk bottle with a chunk cut out. We even cut up a bit of floor linoleum to spread on the coop floor under their main pooping spot (makes for easy cleanup!).
But the best DIY chicken thing is probably the laying box. Once upon a time, it was a huge, heavy-duty detergent bottle that a handy-man friend gave us. We spend ages washing it out to make sure it was clean of detergent (ironic, I know) and even longer sawing into the thick plastic to cut out the necessary hole. We had no proper tools, just hacked away using scissors, garden trimmers and an assortment of kitchen knives.
(That's our Australorp in the last pic. She looks a little pale in this pic because this was taken back when she was a little under the weather, but she's all better now.)
But the best DIY chicken thing is probably the laying box. Once upon a time, it was a huge, heavy-duty detergent bottle that a handy-man friend gave us. We spend ages washing it out to make sure it was clean of detergent (ironic, I know) and even longer sawing into the thick plastic to cut out the necessary hole. We had no proper tools, just hacked away using scissors, garden trimmers and an assortment of kitchen knives.
(That's our Australorp in the last pic. She looks a little pale in this pic because this was taken back when she was a little under the weather, but she's all better now.)
... i need to do a couple of those feeders. I use jugs similar to what you all have and a couple of the large plastic barrels for nest boxes and such. Love DIY!
