7/1/2023 0 Comments Chicken water feeder diy![]() Understand that this watering system could have thousands of different shapes and sizes, applications, and coops or barns to match up with, not to mention the possibility of using all secondhand parts, pilfered from dumpsters, trash heaps, and that pile of junk out back of the hay barn. Here’s the DIY instructions for a setup similar to mine, with the capability to supply eight chickens fresh water all at once. I’m sure your chickens already love you, but with a constant flow of fresh water, they’re going to really thrive. And it works just fine, at a fraction of the price. So, in the absence of a dot-com windfall, I made my own chicken watering system using spare PVC, a dozen water nipples, roofing tin and screws, a 100-gallon tank, and few spare parts. ![]() (If my chickens and I owned a chicken supply website, we’d have a much fancier watering system, and possibly fancier chickens, but don’t tell these hens – they’re already looking for an excuse to take a day off from egg laying.) However, the price tag might ruffle a few feathers if your chickens are on a dirt farmer’s budget like mine. Where might you get such a life-giving gadget? Well, Tractor Supply Co., Atwoods, your local feed store, even online at sites like – they all sell watering systems and water bottles for use with almost every species of livestock, chickens included. You can go about your day refilling water buckets (as they get tipped over) and water troughs (as they are fouled regularly) to make sure your feathered friends have plenty of fresh drinking water, or you can set up a constant flow of H2O for the thirsty little cluckers. They could possibly be outnumbered by predators out here where I’m located. Even though I have a few cocky birds that go off the chicken grid here once in a while – a rooster and two hens sometimes camp out at night when their extreme free-ranging nature carries them deep into the woods – I still like to provide a friendly habitat for the rest of the gang. ![]() Once you find yourself surrounded by 20 or 30 chickens, you’ll need to help them out with a source of clean water, supplemental food, and a place to lay their eggs and stay safe at night. But I’m always in the market for a few more chickens. The correct number and balance here at my farm seems to be around 25 hens and a couple of roosters. You get the picture: Plenty of farm-raised chicken for you and the family. More chicken stock, chicken enchiladas, chicken tetrazzini. Gangs, armies, fantastic flocks of fowl, hustling about the barnyard, grassy pastures, and all along the fence lines. I’m of the opinion that chickens do better in large numbers dozens of hens hanging out together, just like their eggs. ![]()
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