Rain Gutter Chicken Feeder

My free range adults have a supplemental feeder in their coop.

Rain gutter chicken feeder.

They re different rare maybe even unique. This homemade chicken feeder cost. Then sit your gutter in the top section of each block so that it straddles the two blocks. With the right materials and equipment you can build this treadle chicken feeder as shown in the photo.

To use simply fill the gutter with some chicken feed. See how to build an easy chicken feeder from pvc pipe. Diy rain gutter chicken waterer. You can go ahead and tie the ends of the gutter to the blocks using wire or rope.

It is an old section of rain gutter that i repurposed. The girls always need they water and they prefer it to be as clean as possible. Unlike other chicken waterers we have used in past i like that this one. 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.

Rain gutter chicken waterer. The girls always need they water and they prefer it to be as clean as possible. Automatic chicken feeder. For the smaller ones i laid a large branch as a stepstool to help them reach it.

I have tried various designs from the diy vinegar bottle chicken waterer diy. Economical way to provide fresh clean water to your chickens on a continuous basis. Chicken home chicken coop plans building a chicken coop chicken runs city chicken chicken garden chicken tractors chicken coops pvc chicken waterer. The water is redirected into the pvc pipe coming out from the left.

These items can be appreciated for their looks for their age or for the good materials contained. This will prevent the chickens from toppling the feeder over. Its covered by a smsll section of roof to keep it dry. It runs into the coop and through a third 3 8 hose barge and into a hose connected to the rain barrel inlet.

Detailed instructions at woodworking corner 5. It is just a gravity fed feeder meant for cats and holds about 10lbs. 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. I would imagine that it is prone to rodents but i have never seen one or sign of any.

You can use a pvc cap to cover the top of the feed and the connector opening to keep away rain and vermin. 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.