Chicken Coop Hacks II - Feeder and Waterer Advanced Tips
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2018
- Ready for some more coop hacks?! In this video, RSM talks all about their custom chicken feeder and waterer. Get some additional information and troubleshooting for your little backyard flock. Always real and honest, hoping to help! See all of the chicken content your heart desires at realsimplemama.com
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Can I just say thank you for all the wonderful information. You have told me more about chickens than any other. I really appreciate you and your knowledge. Getting chickens in a month or so and I’ll reference your videos like crazy
Oh thank you! And congrats I’m excited for you! ✌🏻❤️🐓
Have you considered painting the Waterer black to prevent mold development? The vinegar helps but painting will help the most.
I love your honesty!! I'm so happy to have found your channel, learning a lot of things thank you.
Just put the food feeder in an enclosed water tight shed that they can walk in and out. Nice video I enjoyed it.
I built my own coop for my 8 black Australorps, which is 4'x6' and a run that's 6'x12'. The walls are 6' tall. I'm 6'1", so I have no problems walking inside the run. Having to crawl to get in the coop? Yeah, not fun and I'd have to figure something out.
Regarding the waterer, you can make your life A LOT easier by hooking the spout up to a 55 gallon rain barrel. I had an $11 food grade barrel from a car wash that they used to hold soap lying around, painted it black (to ward off algae) and essentially did what you did by having 1" PVC, 4' long go inside their run with 5 nipples screwed in it. I made modifications to make sure the water doesn't freeze in the winter and if anyone wants me to go into details about that, I can. I throw a couple ounces of bleach in it once a year and there's no issues with algae and it doesn't affect them one bit. It takes longer to set up, but I literally don't have to do anything for water for my girls.
Regarding the feeder, I don't like my solution, but so far I've had zero issues with water intrusion. I'd post the amazon link, but then TH-cam would delete my post, but search for "DIY No Waste Chicken Feeder Kit" on Amazon. I installed 4 of them into a 5 gallon bucket. They have to stick their head in to reach the food and it keeps the food bone dry and we've had RECORD AMOUNTS OF RAIN this year! I've found that a 5 gallon bucket holds about 25 lbs worth of feed and my girls take maybe 3 weeks to finish it? So once every 3 weeks, I've got the chore of going into their run. If I was going to go on a month long vacation, I could just throw another 5 gallon bucket in there and would be 100% fine.
Great solutions! Thanks for taking the time to post. I’ve only ever had coop kits (or one crazy rental home that had a walk-in coop already there) but I would do a setup like this if I had it to do again. I appreciate you! ✌🏻❤️🐓
We just started with Chickens. They are about a week or so away from being able to be moved outside. The coop was delivered and is waiting to be built. I just leveled the spot in the yard for it. Pretty exciting to be learning something new like this, but your videos have been invaluable to me. Thank you.
Oh congratulations! And you are most welcome! I am humbled and love helping people. Not too smart but I can at least pass on what I learn! Let me know how it goes when they move outside!
I’m currently building my own chicken coop, I’m getting great tips from your videos 👍😊
Oh that’s great! I’m glad to help. And I saw your other comment - you’re exactly right, I just never have time! 🤣
Good adjustments! You could also put a flap off the roof to keep the top of the feeder from catching the water and conducting\flowing it down... you should ne good. Great job!
Thank you for the video. Enjoyed your sense of humor! 🌻
Thank you!!! Never thought about this... We are trying to figure out where to put the same feeder... Going to put it somewhere else now... You literally saved me a ton of frustration:)
Oh yay! I’m happy to help!
You can use a dryer vent brush too to clean.
Smart tips!
Omg! Yas! 🙌🐓 I am so thankful that you will be doing a pest / bug video! I literally stress out about what can hurt or bother my lady birds.
Lol yay! I should have it done in the next few days. Actually am recruiting my kids to help me collect dead bugs so I can show y’all instead of just naming stuff ha! Then hopefully you can see! But when in doubt it’s probably ok. 😇
Thanks so much. Im getting the same coop. And im a stay at home dad that wants to have chickens the easy way.
Love the ice bottle!
Rig up a door so you can come in and out vertically! Then zip tie your PVC feed pipe on the Inside of the coop so you do not have to extend any little roof outward. On crazy rain days wrap a 3ml contractor's trash bag over and around it because nothing penetrates those.
Nice tips! 👍
Hey thanks! Just trying to help others not make the same dumbass mistakes I did. 😊
My chickens get too dehydrated with the nipple systems, they HATE them...one day to be sure they were getting enough water i sat a pan of water in fir them and they drank and drank as if they'd never had water...it worried me so got rid of the nipples and use just gravity flow system now so they get as much water as they need!
I’m glad you checked! That was smart. I’ll add that chickens love to drink from “new and exciting” places like if you make a puddle with the hose. ✌🏻❤️🐓
They can eat fermented/soaked food. There are plenty that recommend soaking/fermenting chicken feed.
Oooo Aaaa
Thanks a lot for the tips
I'd like to know how to integrate new chickens with my flock. I've placed a coop/ run in the main run for 6 weeks and had "supervised" visits but the pecking just continues ! Thanks for your help.
I do have a few videos about quarantine and introducing new birds but I’d try putting them in with the other chickens at night when everyone is half asleep and not paying attention. That with plenty of treats in the morning should help!
Oh and fortunately a bit of pecking will happen and you can’t stop it, it’s inevitable and how they establish their flock order. BUT if it’s bloody r a chicken is getting a bald spot, may need to quarantine the bully for 5-6 days.
Jim Stone a year late, but never put your new chicks/chooks with existing ones together until they get used to each other, otherwise the pecking can be brutal. Have a wire fence separating them, you would have to have a box/shelter on the other side for the new ones. Allow them to see each other every day for a few weeks, with that fence divide between them, tgis is how you gradually introduce them. After a few weeks, feed both sides & remove wire, they will mingle & find their place. Pls don't ever throw in new ones with the existing ones or place the new ones in the coop whilst others roosting, it is unessessary to put your chickens through being attacked, etc. It's a bit of work but trust me the results are fantastic & peaceful.
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I bought the same kind of coop. I decided to set mine on some cinder blocks to make it higher.
I think that’s smart! Let me know what you think of it!
That's a pretty good looking feeding and water system I'm looking into making one myself ...I'm from south Texas too way south
Hi! Thanks! It worked really well for us especially the water. The feeder i would have braced better and made it so rainwater couldn’t travel down the pipe and end up in the food bowl.
@@realsimplemama what feed store do y’all buy at? I’m in Houston Texas
Hi! I like Tractor Supply (but don’t expect the employees to be particularly knowledgeable), or local family owned feed stores. I’m in San Antonio!
@@realsimplemama thank you 🙏
Very useful
Just get a 55 gal barrel with some chicken hole /door thing with pvc .
I’m sure you can find some on TH-cam
I think that’s how I will do mine
Thanks for all the tips. I am getting my first chickens this weekend. Yay! Is dirt the only thing you have on the floor of your chicken house?
Yay! Oh how fun and exciting! Yes on the actual ground I just have the original dirt!
I was going to add that you can always add cheap sand (don’t use the expensive smooth stuff!) or add cheap topsoil. If it’s a coop like mine that could maybe get rain on that ground, you can also mound it up in there so it’s a bit higher than the ground outside. Then you don’t turn it into a mud pit in rainy season!
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Have you thought about using the 5 gallon bucket with those hooded inserts you put in at the bottom? They seem very nice. Plus you can put them anywhere in your coop, on a block or you can also hang them.
Hey! Actually those five gallon buckets are what I use now! ✌🏼❤️🐓 i don’t hang them but I’ve had a lot of luck with them. As usual, just don’t let any water get in there. But otherwise they work great. I have two feeders for my flock of 6-8.
@@realsimplemama Awesome, I have two, 2.5 gallon waterers (one in the coop , one out) and just a regular chicken feeder called "The Little Giant" that is hanging inside the coop. but I only have 4 chickens. Those feeders are awesome though.
Another idea for the food - you could move it into space under the coop itself - so it would be better protected from above and then instead of a net put a solid wood or water-resistant cloth so rain couldn't get in from a side. That way the feeder would be connected to the wood so it wouldn't bend the net as it does right now.
Hope this helps! I don't want to act like a wise-guy - just hoping to be helpful :D
Yes good point! I was just worried that when I needed to clean it out, it would be a huge pain to get in. But that small space is more protected from the elements so it’s an option too! And feel free to always offer your perspective. I don’t get offended, I have so much to learn!
Do your waterers keep the detritus from getting into the water supply? The waterers we use now always suck in chicken feathers and bits of dirt, poo, etc.
Yes they do! No detritus. On the flip side they can accrue algae over time due to the seal, so keep an eye on that. ✌🏼❤️🐓
@@realsimplemama Thanks. I got the feeder Saturday. One thing that sold me was the wide brim at the feeder's bottom, which gives the chickens more room to feast. So far, I've seen less feed on the floor, whereas with the other feeder we had, the brim was narrower and there was always lots of feed on the floor. Now I'll get the waterer. Algae might not be much of a problem since little sunlight gets in the coop. We keep the coop lit with a 100-watt red light. We built the coop with 6"-thick walls and insulation, so the temperature never goes above 90 or below freezing.
Nice channel just subscriber 😍👍
I am new to chickens, we have 3 buckeyes, and 3 cinnamon queens. I have been watching your videos for tips and tricks. I built our chicken coop from scratch its a 6x12 with walk in door to chicken run. I am in the process of building a auto food and waterer. But come on, we all want to see you crawling in the coop LOL
Well look at you showoff, building your own coop from scratch! 😝 And trust me, you don’t want to see me in there!
I do not typically make youtube videos, but thought about making one of the coop to help others building their own. Its been a big learning curve for us! They are almost 2 months old now.
Oh you should! I don’t typically make videos either 🤣 I just learned so much in the process, I basically started recording to share what I wish someone had told me. And to see if anyone else spends so much time and energy on $2 chicks! Ha!
I'm planning on making the water pipe you have but my backyard has a sprinkler system
My plan is to remove the sprinkler head where my future coop will be and while the grass is being watered the coops tank will be filled
Oooooh keep me posted on that. That’s a brilliant idea
I am biulding my coop next spring shortly before getting my first chicks to raise for my egg layers. I am going to close off back end of coop and put food and water in there. I am going to make sure it is a walk in run.
I just bought a brand new chicken feeder from a farmer in town for cheap.
I am going to get some meat chickens and raise them to put in freezer.
Good for you! Make sure you keep me updated on how everything is going.
What size in width is the tank on the waterer
It was four inches I believe.
I think it will work out.
Where in south texas ? Im in devine just got some chicks building my own coop
Good for you! I’m now in San Antonio. They’re so fun! And SA area has lots of great chicken groups on Facebook
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Have you thought about adding a J at the bottom and adding a 90 with half of it cut off that way it adds a little cover and they can still get there head in there also stops alot of waist. There is a lot of videos on TH-cam showing what I'm talking about otherwise I really enjoy your videos thank you from Oklahoma
Yes that’s a good idea! We actually don’t have this coop anymore but I still think about how I could have improved that darn thing. 🤦🏻♀️ So thank you for your help and I’m sure more people will see this!
train them to the waterer with a laser pointer
Nooice 😎 STOC
Put copper or silver metal in the drinker and it will help with the cyanobacteria.
I use a laser pointer to show them where to peck for water
Oh how clever! I’ve never tried a laser with them. I bet it would be hilarious.
From around 16 mins in I saw a snake in with the chickens. Was that a toy or real? BTW I also have that same coop and it's nice to see how someone else has set it up. Thanks for the video. Hope your girls are doing well!
Lol! Every once in a while someone spots it. It’s a fake 🐍
Drop a piece of copper in the water system to prevent algae
Why not put a tarp from under the roof and over the feeder? That might keep the water out.
You’re right, make a roof extension. This video is super old but I do that on my coops now 👍🏼
Why not just put a tiny hole in the bottom of the feed bowl. So the water will just drain out. 🤷🏽♂️that’s what I did on my chicken feeders. I also made holes on bottom of my horse hay buckets. It works
That’s true but it also implies that the food got wet, which will create mold and make the food unusable. ✌🏻❤️🐓
@@realsimplemama I give my chickens fermented feed. Which is literally in water for 4 days before I feed it to them and they love it. I’m sure your chicken would love to eat the wet feed. That’s way before mode happens.
The reason I stopped using this feed system is because it did get wet and mold. I know of people who give fermented feed, I personally just choose not to. ✌🏻❤️🐓
@@realsimplemama 👍🏼
You should have offered one of your kids a nice crispy Washington to crawl in the chicken coop!
Ha!
How do you prevent the watering system from freezing in the winter?
Hi! There are a few ways. You can add room temp water to it, but we always put in a water bottle to float around and keep the top agitated.
What's funny about the raptors in Jurassic Park...in real life,they were slightly bigger than chickens xD of course, the dinos were designed to mimic birds and lizards, possibly a chicken/egg scenario 🤣
One of my favorite movies! And they believe real velociraptors were 4-6’ tall. But I’m glad my chickens don’t get that big!
I think your husband‘s theory about it dripping down the side is correct. Water has surface tension and will actually stick to a surface instead of dripping off of it if it’s at a gentle angle. Try putting a little roof with a good eve over the top of your feeder, so that water doesn’t have a chance to get the sides of your feeder wet. We live in Portland Oregon and a large roof overhang on anything that you want to keep dry goes a long, long way.
What if you put the waterer and feeder inside and fed from the top? Then put a barrier on the outside? I know you'd lose some space but it would be covered by the roof. Maybe better - just an idea. That coop would be better with an extended roof. Thanks for the video. So many people only show the good. This makes us think about what can go wrong too!
You are so welcome! And you’re right. Looking back we could have done a much better job!
Subbed as soon as you said South Texas
Well yay! Hi there neighbor!
Chicken like to eat at neck high
You’re right! I’m in a new home now with a bigger coop and their food is about a foot off the ground.
“We are family friendly in this channel” swears in the first 4 mins 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
Argh 🤦🏻♀️ I know, I’m much better now.