Rain Collecting Automatic Chicken Waterer
Watering the chickens can get to be a chore. So, along with the regular watering I added this automatic waterer to help supplement when we can’t keep up with…
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… and here is a video of how I water my main flock of layers.
I’m proud of this system for a few reasons. 1. It works really well at
saving me the hassle and mess of always cleaning and filling water
containers. 2. The video is nearing 80K views! Woohoo.. sorry, had to
share.
cute chicken
What do you do as far as keeping the water clean and algae free,could you
put a little bit of clorox bleach in the water?
Does it ever clog?
The gutter sometimes gets full of leaves, but the barrel has never clogged.
i love the system but in the About area can you leave a components list. so
i can look for exact names.
I will be modifying the system soon. In that video I will give detailed
parts lists. For this version what parts are you looking for names for? Is
it the PVC parts names?
This is on my list to do for my new chicken house as well.
thanks! I’d love to see a video of it when you are finished.
Rain would be nice! :). This stayed full for a long time until a few days
ago when a chicken tried to roost on the PVC and it came apart. The entire
drum emptied into the coop!
This barrel does not have a removable top. It is all solid plastic.
very nice thanks for sharing!
I’m sure I could have done something like that. This way I’m able to take
apart easily if I need too. Thanks for the thought.
Great video and idea! We plan to duplicate some of it!
Thanks!
Hey another Kirby! Cool. Jon, I assure you this is not their only water
source. There are bowls and dishes around the yard.
@EBouleyPhotos Nope, I have never seen a chicken sweat. Does it show on
there comb, feet, eyes…. or what??
@chicklet13231
I assure you, she is fine. I think she was just looking
for some shade.
that’s a great idea. I have meant to do the same on mine. I have other
watering needs right outside the coop that I could utilize the extra water
for. In fact I have a separate barrel that I intend to attach to this one
to double the capacity. I think I will put the hose bib on that overflow.
There will be a video of it when It’s complete.
Chickens don’t have fingers OR nipples… just sayin’….
I really like this. Did you ever glue the fittings together?? I can see the
birds perching on the PVC and it falling out of the T and draining the
barrel. I have made a few designs of rain barrels and have them around the
property. Some of them there is no good way to keep mosquito’s out of. SO,
we add feeder goldfish in the spring. They eat the mosquito eggs laid on
the surface of the water. It works well.
I like your frugality of materials at hand. Good job fellow Kirby.
lol
Good job .. I’m incorporating a similar watering system for my coop