Chicken Feeder Made From Rain Gutter

The materials used in this guide are mostly upcycled.

Chicken feeder made from rain gutter.

Keep an eye out for large chicken trough feeders. These are at least four feet in length and shaped similar to a rain gutter. Economical way to provide fresh clean water to your chickens on a continuous basis. They come from waste sources.

Take bucket which has a lid screws and oil pan to make a diy feeder. Otherwise you would have to attach the gutter to the inside wall for the chickens to be able to access the water. Here are brief instructions to make this diy chicken feeder and waterer. The lid covering of the trash will prevent the feeder from getting any nasty dirt and it will be easier to access when refilling it.

Insert it in upward down position in a pan. Just be sure to clean the bucket before using it and clean the bucket more often than this author has get the tutorial here. Drill in holes at the opposite sides at a little level from the bottom. Depends on the metal piece you have you may have to flatten it.

Use a bucket with lid to make a waterer. 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. Troughs less than 6 deep should be used only for the smallest flowers and succulents. This idea is made from an old kitty litter bin.

It runs into the coop and through a third 3 8 hose barge and into a hose connected to the rain barrel inlet. With the right materials and equipment you can build this treadle chicken feeder as shown in the photo. For less than 10 dollars you can turn a 5 gallon everyday trash can into a chicken feeder that is perfect for a holding tank. Rain gutter chicken waterer.

Gather materials tools. These items can be appreciated for their looks for their age or for the good materials contained. These larger metal feeders make great strawberry planters. Automatic chicken feeder with upcycled gutter metal pieces step 1.

Then you simply attach the gutter to the outside wall of your coup only if the wall has spaces large enough for the chickens to stick their heads through. The water is redirected into the pvc pipe coming out from the left. Trash can to chicken feeder. The easiest way to execute this chicken feeder idea is to add a rain hood or cap onto a pvc feeder.

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. They re different rare maybe even unique. Make the cover lid.