Chicken Coop Hacks II - Feeder and Waterer Advanced Tips 

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

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.

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.

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!

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 RU-vid 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.

I’m currently building my own chicken coop, I’m getting great tips from your videos 👍😊

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:)

Thank you for the video. Enjoyed your sense of humor! 🌻

Have you considered painting the Waterer black to prevent mold development? The vinegar helps but painting will help the most.

You can use a dryer vent brush too to clean.

Love the ice bottle!

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

They can eat fermented/soaked food. There are plenty that recommend soaking/fermenting chicken feed.

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.

Oooo Aaaa Thanks a lot for the tips

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.

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!

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

Just get a 55 gal barrel with some chicken hole /door thing with pvc . I’m sure you can find some on RU-vid I think that’s how I will do mine

Thanks so much. Im getting the same coop. And im a stay at home dad that wants to have chickens the easy way.

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

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.

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 bought the same kind of coop. I decided to set mine on some cinder blocks to make it higher.

Very useful

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?

I think it will work out.

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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.

train them to the waterer with a laser pointer

Nice tips! 👍

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

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

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!

Smart tips!

Drop a piece of copper in the water system to prevent algae

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

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 RU-vid showing what I'm talking about otherwise I really enjoy your videos thank you from Oklahoma

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.

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Where in south texas ? Im in devine just got some chicks building my own coop

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.

Why not put a tarp from under the roof and over the feeder? That might keep the water out.

What size in width is the tank on the waterer

Nice channel just subscriber 😍👍

Subbed as soon as you said South Texas

You should have offered one of your kids a nice crispy Washington to crawl in the chicken coop!

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 🤣

How do you prevent the watering system from freezing in the winter?

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!

Chicken like to eat at neck high

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