- Location
- Devon
I just have 3-4 gallon buckets hung up with nipples fitted to the bottom. Lid covering the top in such a way I can fill with a hose from the outside.Looks good to me!
The only thing I would suggest is changing your wire if and when you build new tractors. Chicken wire keeps chickens in, that's about it. Any predators can easily tear through it. A hardware cloth or page wire would be a much safer choice. I've seen lots of people take the page wire cattle/pig panels and bend them in a hoop and then cover with chicken wire. Light weight, taller for people access and still keeps predators out.
For water - this is all hypothetical and something I'm going to try, I haven't actually gotten around to it yet - I'm planning on running a small water pipe, like 1", out of a 5 gallon pail. Putting a number of water nipples in the pipe and filling the pail as needed. Hoping I can rig up some way for the pail to sit in a corner where I just have to pour water in the top and the pipe runs down the length of the tractor for easy access for birds. Works well in my mind anyway Lol
Filled to top that keeps about 60 birds going for 24 hours