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- Hey guys, just wanted to share our improvements to the rabbits watering system here. It is working very well and I plan on doing this in the barn for all the other rabbits. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching, and God bless.
J
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just a little hint ! wrap the bucket in a wet towel or some type of cloth, the evaporation will help keep the water cool. the same way the old canteens were covered in a horse blanket type material you wet the outside and it kept the water cool by evaporation.
jnull0, I just came across your channel and love your tips and experience with the rabbits. As a small time rabbit raiser like you, I have had to find more efficient ways to get things done. I like the gravity feed water systems, but I took mine one step further for a few reasons. The Bucket: I connected it to my main water source with a float valve so that I do not have to fill it at all. Use the float valve from an evaporative cooler (swamp cooler) connected to a shut off valve to a water faucet. Water Delivery: I wanted my rabbits to always have clean water as well as cool water. Over time (at least here) algae will grow in the water tube. To avoid that, I put a small $10 fountain pump on the bucket connected to the water tube and at the last NIPPLE (HAHAHA) [drink spout] I put a return tube to the bucket. The moving water does not allow the algae to grow. This setup allowed me to only need a 2 gallon bucket and you could probably get away with a 1 gallon if you wanted. I currently have 34 rabbits (15 are kits) drinking from this $30 setup and I have the EXACT drink spouts you do. Conclusion: Fresh & clean, always on and full of water drinking system for my rabbits. This has been running for 2 years now with no issues. Last winter, I added an aquarium heater in the bucket to keep the water from freezing. My rabbits are inside an uninsulated building, but it works well for here in West Texas. Just thought I would toss that your way.
LC Cox if you make it completely effortless it surely will take longer to notice any issues...but that's def an awesome setup you have :)
Thanks for the tip on the fountain pump.
I have the same type of system and live in Central Indiana so similar weather.
1. It will freeze the moment outside temps get to 32°F regardless if you use hot water or not. I have thought to put a circulator pump with tank heater to see if I could keep it from freezing but haven't tried yet.
2. I have used round plastic paint cans and same connection with silicon caulking and worked with no leaks.
C. Also in addition to my 1 gallon paint can that is the "yellow bucket" in my system I flipped upside down a 5 gallon water cooler jug into my bucket and have almost 6 gallons capacity to my system. Just like an office water cooler fountain. It last about a week for 10 or so rabbits.
4. Have a great day
Good video my brother! I have been contemplating this very system. I appreciate you taking time to film and present this. Blessings!
Oh this is so going to help me I have a 9 yr old son with autism to keep him clam he is in 4-h and shows rabbits and goats and im always watering them and cleaning water bottles and I'm a single mom with health trouble wish me luck because your video I'm going to do the watering bucket and make the cage so they can eat grass thanks so much have a blessed night Lori
Cheers John, we only have 3 Does and 4 bucks, but I think this will make life easier and save us loads of time. Thanks for sharing it!
This was so helpful...bought parts and setting up this weekend. The hose and t clip viewing was so helpful for how to arrange for multiple Bunz.
Well... Fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,.... Well,... Fix it dear Henry, dear Henry......FIX IT !!!!! 😂 u crack me up fella lol... Loving ur channel my friend, much love all the way from Australia 🤠
J you are a rocking and a rolling. I admire everything you are doing and cant wait to find myself a piece of land to live on. I am looking at the codes here where I live to see what I am allowed t do while I'm still renting. Take care and I hope your family is well brother.... Jack
very wise, working smarter not harder! always love your easy explanations/demonstrations and tips-thx 4 sharing, Lisa
I love how you try to not use alot of money, works for me! You crack me up J
John, a lot of people have already mentioned algae possibilities for the bucket, but I have another similar recommendation for you. When you can, replace that clear tubing with opaque tubing. I have an aquaponics system and attempted to use clear tubing, thinking the water, which was constantly flowing, would be moving too much for algae to grow. I was wrong. Inside of a few weeks, the tube went from clear to green.
You might be able to help it stay clear by filling the line with a bleach solution a couple times a month to kill off any algae trying to grow, then flushing the lines and hooking them back up.
Just my two cents.
Keep up the great videos. I always look forward to them!
-Larry
man, your videos are so good, very funny and full of great info. I'm getting into the meat rabbit game and have watched all of them. Ty for making these, I feel like an expert now lol. anyway good luck with all your future work
Good setup, that should help a lot in the summer.
That looks awesome. I always used crocks for water but this looks like the way to go.
Always enjoy and appreciate your videos.
This is what I like about John's videos. He has about as much luck as I do on the first try. Good video jnull0.
Hey JNull0, for the 'Winter' maybe get another bucket and paint the outside of it black? Or You could try some aluminum backed insulation, and paint it black, and use that to cover your bucket, that way the heat from the sun would be able to keep the water from freezing, not entirely certain of your solar exposure, or the ambient temperatures in your area, but its a suggestion that may just work for you!
Also I know they sell little submersible heaters for bird bathes, look around and see if they have a solar version that might work for your application.
Great watering idea,I use stainless steel dog bowls year round and they work well in winter to put pop the ice out.
I knew the cat litter buckets I'm hoarding would be handy one day.
I like that system. In the winter you could put a water heater in the bucket. that should help you can get one at the feed store.
Comet Skeeter Unfortunately, the volume and flow of water in the plastic tubes is so small and the surface area so large (relatively), that no matter how warm you keep the water in the bucket, that's not going to keep the water in the tubes from freezing unless the tubing (and nipples) are also heated/insulated/otherwise protected.
Tips from folks for the winter would be awesome.
Always a good day when you can save time on chores. Cheers!!
Hey jnull0,
i used your tip to keep my Silver Fox cool during summer. She is chillin (pun very much intended) under a solar panel hooked up to a old PC fan. That this wirrz the brighter it gets. It also doubles as a roof/shade
That's a pretty neat little time saver you set up there.
pex and pexlock connectors are a godsend
make it a self watering system by putting in a small toilet tank float in the bucket. the small cost of a bulkhead fitting to go through the bottom of the bucket and pvc pipe for the water supply will more than pay for itself in the long run. FYI, i have used this setup and it works great. for a lack of a better word, goopy crap will build up in the tubing and plug the dew droppers. the ones i used could be taken apart and cleaned as needed. check every dropper every couple of months for good water flow
Very cool watering system.
Keep us updated on this great idea. I am curious to see if any gunk/build up would get the tubes funky over time and how you handle cleaning them.
Golly Jnull. Thanks for the insight. Gotta try this.
Jerry of Pine Meadows Hobby Farm
THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION
KEEP UP GOOD WORK.
Great video man I'm actually about to hook up a watering system on my rabbits so I'll have a watering system video out as well soon, hopefully it'll make your morning chores a lot easier That's what I'm hoping for!!
You're funny, you always make me smile.. Thanks for that :)
Love it, never fails when someone is watching. Lol
Thanks for good info
Good idea J.....I was thinking about poking a hole in the original bottles to run the lines in,,I donno...might work for winter.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN WHY NO VIDEOS LATELY? Missed you hope all is well with you and your family.
I would love to hang out at your house.. you guys are awesome
nice vid man! really enjoyed watching this and you got another subscriber.
nice video.thank you..greetings from croatia
LOL @ John's reluctance to say nipples. . . "All grown up and still fascinated by nipples."
That was easy. Good upgrade!
Great idea
That's a pretty cool setup! Although I would probably use black holes to cut down on the algae growth, but that's just me.
Awesome idea!
This is good I have my setup almost the same way. You may want to reconsider using a bucket that is food safe. Most buckets that are not food safe can leech chemicals into the water and it can be stored within their bodies and then you can consume them.
I use the same system, I love it, you will too.
COOL!! I thought I've seen everything! Only thing is my rabbits like to drink water like dogs so they love the bowls. LOL
awesome once again bubby-- i would suggest painting the bucket black or covering it with something tht blocks the sun to keep algea out-- love and huggs----
movinon04 painting the bucket black will cause it to get even hotter, we will see if algae grows or not but as for the rabbit barn it is not a worry since all buckets are in the shade and keep lids on to keep bugs out, so far we have noticed they go threw a bucket every couple days so the water is not standing for a long period of time
reeftanker84 just trying to help -but i guess black would attract the heat- my bad
good job!
you crack me up, very entertaining vid :)
Genius.
That was neat.
Great idea!!!
To prevent algae i used air hose. worked fine. i have found that the nipple waters will leak at times and drain the bucket.
Bravo 'ole bud, you have inspired me to do a video on how we keep the chickens watered. It works in the summer as well as the winter. Mine takes a little electric.
Jim Holcomb dont know if it will work in the winter due to the lines to each cage freezing
@reeftanker84 I was referring to our set up. Mine is built on a continuous loop. The tank is an old cooler with a stock tank heater. Also there is a small fountain pump used to circulate to water so it never stops moving.
reeftanker84 see below
Hi, how you are doing. If you want to make your chore even easier, you could rig up a self-filling bucket that employs a toilet fill valve, You need some other parts/adapters but it's quite a clever system, the bucket is hooked up to a water source (garden hose) and when the water drops it fills like a toilet tank and stops automatically at the adjusted level. Quite amazing I must tell you. Makes watering just about effortless.
I did this for both my rabbits and my chickens.
Thank you
Hi John, How are the little bunnies doing with the new water system? that is such a great Idea so efficient for sure especially with everything you have to do on the Farm.. You are a Johnoligist for sure!! Have a great night!!
In the fall you can extend your growing season if you have a greenhouse by keeping the rabbits inside the greenhouse. Their body heat will raise the ambiant temperature of the greenhouse plus they won't be exposed to cruel temperatures :)
oh and i recommend a block of ice instead of the frozen bottle because with the bottle the bucket won't have as much water in it
great setup! Maybe cover the bucket to keep the nasty algea out? Your rabbits sure have it made :) Atb, Dawn
What about an plumbing an ice chest for the winter and summer?
Just a thought, not sure if it would work.
Love the videos my friend.
Roger
OMG, I was laughing so hard this am at 4:15, you started my day great John! Always when the camera is running LOL
Great idea for the watering system. If you were to use some heat tape in the winter, do you think you'd be able to continue using it in the winter down there?
Loved the video, and thank you. I was thinking that for the winter I could use a horse trough water heater. I have a question about cages, should the bottom be all wire grate or do they need a flat surface somewhere?
You completely crack me up! I thoroughly enjoy your videos. God bless!
this is an awesome idea but I think I'm going to use a cooler and tap the drain
Hey John. Love your channel/videos. (This one had us cracking up). Just curious how this worked out for you. Did the rabbits take to it easily?
very nice. fyi, tubing needs to be black or any other solid color but not transparent. Sun light will cause algae to build up. luv ur vids.
I'm using this idea for the summer for sure.How did u do it for winter
like your rabbit set up u should do an update
I wish you had gotten black tubing to prevent algea growth inside the tubes; that will clog the lines; if you have time you can spray paint them black or green
Hi. Thanks for you videos!
Did you find many problems with the lining (edit, I meant the tubing) eventually growing algae/bacteria/other green stuff, or is it just pretty easy to change it if you think you have problems.
Thanks again.
GOOD STUFF! Thanks for sharing. :-)
We used milk jugs cut the top off froze big blocks of ice put the whole block of ice in the summer as it melted it kept cool water for the rabbits
I'm thinking that using an Igloo water cooler type container, replacing the pushbutton spout with a barb fitting, might be a good thing for a rabbit system. It would block light, and if you put ice in it in the hot weather, it would keep it cool longer.
And I find Igloo barrels without lids and lids without barrels along the highway frequently.
Great video Jnull0. Do you recall what the "plumbing thingy" is called?
Hi I am looking into doing this. Does the tubes or buckets grow algae? Does the inside of the bucket get gross? If so, how often do you have to scrub the bucket out? Also how often do you have to refill it? Btw, I love the idea of ice in the bucket in the summer :)
Hi this is Mr Tury Boy i breed rabitts to. I like the way you explain in detail.my? is how many days the full bucket of water will last
One tip for ya. Put foam of some kind around the out side of the bucket.
how about using a cooler and tapping it into the water cooler drain
So a year later. What is your opinion of the system? What did you do for the winter time? I am going to make this for my buns. Thank you.
What you do for the winter?
How well does the self watering system work in the winter?
How was this system for the winter?? I'm in Southwest Virginia and our winters can get really cold. Trying to find an easier way to water rabbits since my husband passed away.
that system works great in the summer, but will not work in the winter, i know i tried. i redid our system this year with a 30 gallon drum and used a 590gph pond pump, you have to run the lines so the wrap back around and the very end goes back into the drum and add a tank heater in the winter. i have a video that isnt that great on my facebook page.
Hi john come on it is not that hard ! LOL just joking i did this last year as a backup water and it worked out great but a pain to clean doing that now and yes you may wount to cover it from the sun i had too ! looks great have a great day God bless !
Where did you get that bulkhead-to-tubing barb fitting? And is there a better word for it? I'm having trouble finding one.
So what did you do in the winter?
You can save a little money on the bucket ports by making your own with self repairing water hose tape. I got a video on my channel.
how many times a day during the winter do i feed and water them thanks for your last reply i love your videos
feed them once a day, and in the winter when the water is freezing, we make sure they have water twice a day..................J
heating pad for seedlings for keeping water warm in winter
I would have used black hose so that no algae formed inside of the tubing
JNULL0 how did you manage the watering system in the winter to prevent freezing. Coming up on that issue now for me here in North Carolina
We use bowls in the winter after we hit the freezing points.................J
does it comes with the tube
Hi do you still raise rabbits ???
Chickens and other poultry ???
and are you still gardening as will ???
juno question fixing to get pair of rabbits.food dont know yet.but i want to know can rabbits stay outside in a covered cage in the winter.
Rabbits can handle cold weather pretty good, just make sure to keep them dry and they should be fine...................J
Where are you located? How hot does it get in the summer?
a protective cover for summer and a black bucket to collect the heat from the sun and then put the protective cover behind the bucket / the bucket in front of the sun to help heat the water ...maybe Yes ? No ?
Put a screen on top of water bucket when it rains then you can save water bill lol
Ok that's brilliant. Quick question could you have used original water bottles and plumbed to the top of them so each cage would have a water reservoir and the bucket would be you main water feed? I know I know, you just wanted a reason to play with nipples....
P. Wife Perhaps, I think that would have been a little more difficult to plum and seal, but I think it could be done......................J
I don't think that will work because the water would flow past the balls in the drinking ends of bottles. The ones J used has springs. I have same set up
Hey jnullo, can you say where you got the connection, line and tees?
you can buy everything he used on ebay from the same seller if you'd like