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DIY Chicken/Duck Feeder Help
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Greenup
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24 Mar ’13 - 10:56 pm
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Came across some cool pictures of a DIY Chicken/Duck feeder. There was no parts list so what do you think I would need to build this?

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-5 gallon bucket

-5 gallon water jug(I think it's 5gal)

-PVC pipe(4 inches?)

Think I'm missing anything?

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Maybe something like this but you think there would be a lot of bird waste getting on the food.

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Found another DIY build.

material list

8 feet of 3" abs pipe

2 'y' fittings

2 45 degree elbows

3 3" caps

1 3" plywood plug

i used wood screws to hold it together so i can take it apart if i need to clean it.

also the plug is a snug fit made out of plywood so if there is a clog in the pipe i can remove it.

this is where the food is put it. cut the hole with a holesaw, then widened it with a sawsall and roofing tar to seal it.

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this is the 1st tier, used a sawsall to cut the top of the pipe

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this is the bottom tier, same setup

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I really like that last one, no need to go in the coop

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Yeah the last one looks like a better design imo. The left one in the first pic looks like awaterer tho amirite?

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26 Mar ’13 - 7:49 pm
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DIY Chicken waterer

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Step by step instructions here: http://bitmaps-misc......terer.html

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27 Mar ’13 - 7:06 am
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I had seen that one before, if that was tied into a rainwater catchment system, you could have your food and water on auto pilot pretty much

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