Simple Chicken Waterer

Simple Chicken Waterer LIVESTOCK Poultry Needing an efficient way to keep water available to a flock of 120 chickens Caleb Howerton of Green Thicket Farm in Springfield Mo made 2 easy automatic waterers from 5-gal buckets with lids and mortar mixing trays he had in his garage Using a 3/4-in paddle bit Caleb drilled a hole in the side of the bucket roughly 1 in up from the bottom He then placed a lid with an airtight seal onto the bucket after filling it with water and immediately set the bucket into the mortar tray The result is that the water in the bucket will create a vacuum and only fills the tray to the height of the hole in the bucket The remaining water will drain into the tray only after the chickens have drank enough for the water level to go below the hole To refill the waterer the bucket can be set on its side and refilled with a hose and then set back upright in the tray Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Caleb Howerton 1008 E Farm Road 54 Springfield Mo 65803

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