@@everydayadventureswithamph6232 Ended up going with a Rubbermaid Brute foodsafe trashcan instead, unable to source a clean enough 55 gallon drum around here. Project is on my page of your interested.
I've been trying to come up with a nice system like this for awhile now and I love your design. Do you have an update on the effectiveness of this system? Anything you would change looking back? I was always thinking about incorporating some sort water collection system into what you have here. The coop I built is on a slant so i've trying to design a system that could catch the falling water off the slanted roof and then funnel it into that drum (passing through a variety of meshes and stuff to remove ick).
It works well. I heat traced it for winter and wrapped it in a tarp for insulation. I didn't glue it because i stick the PVC pipe through the run metal wire, so just in case I have to move it it's just press fit
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Super helpful- thank you!! Thinking of using this for my rabbitry
Glad it was helpful!
What do you do to prevent freezing in the winter ?
Thanks for the video, making an auto watering system is the next project for my coop, great tips.
Good luck!
@@everydayadventureswithamph6232 Ended up going with a Rubbermaid Brute foodsafe trashcan instead, unable to source a clean enough 55 gallon drum around here. Project is on my page of your interested.
How do you keep the algae from growing in the barrel??
I've been trying to come up with a nice system like this for awhile now and I love your design. Do you have an update on the effectiveness of this system? Anything you would change looking back? I was always thinking about incorporating some sort water collection system into what you have here. The coop I built is on a slant so i've trying to design a system that could catch the falling water off the slanted roof and then funnel it into that drum (passing through a variety of meshes and stuff to remove ick).
It works well. I heat traced it for winter and wrapped it in a tarp for insulation. I didn't glue it because i stick the PVC pipe through the run metal wire, so just in case I have to move it it's just press fit
Looks good until a chicken tries to use it as a perch or roost, i like it tho because you could use one barrel and potentially water 4 separate pens.