Rain Gutter Chicken Feeder

Diy rain gutter chicken waterer.

Rain gutter chicken feeder.

Unlike other chicken waterers we have used in past i like that this one. I have tried various designs from the diy vinegar bottle chicken waterer diy. You can go ahead and tie the ends of the gutter to the blocks using wire or rope. It runs into the coop and through a third 3 8 hose barge and into a hose connected to the rain barrel inlet.

It is an old section of rain gutter that i repurposed. Detailed instructions at woodworking corner 5. It depends on the size of the chicken of course. Then sit your gutter in the top section of each block so that it straddles the two blocks.

The feed is placed in through the top so the chickens can access it through the connector opening. Tool boxes are such an item and so are chicken feeders rain gutters and galvanized buckets can be helpful too our backyard contains such items items that at some point we are to repurpose for the better. Automatic chicken feeder. Its covered by a smsll section of roof to keep it dry.

For the smaller ones i laid a large branch as a stepstool to help them reach it. These items can be appreciated for their looks for their age or for the good materials contained. The girls always need they water and they prefer it to be as clean as possible. I laid an upside down gutter it could be just a board or something on top since they tended to hop up into the gutter and because mine is long vinyl and not stabilized in the middle it wobbles and spills a bunch of feed on the ground when they do that.

It is just a gravity fed feeder meant for cats and holds about 10lbs. You can use a pvc cap to cover the top of the feed and the connector opening to keep away rain and vermin. To use simply fill the gutter with some chicken feed. The water is redirected into the pvc pipe coming out from the left.

Chicken home chicken coop plans building a chicken coop chicken runs city chicken chicken garden chicken tractors chicken coops pvc chicken waterer. With the right materials and equipment you can build this treadle chicken feeder as shown in the photo. The girls always need they water and they prefer it to be as clean as possible. This will prevent the chickens from toppling the feeder over.

They re different rare maybe even unique. To collect water from the gutter down spout i glued a short section of the down spout material inside the to elbow to create a little weir. Rain gutter chicken waterer. Economical way to provide fresh clean water to your chickens on a continuous basis.

See how to build an easy chicken feeder from pvc pipe. My free range adults have a supplemental feeder in their coop.