Water barrel chicken waterer

DIY Chicken Waterer!

This is probably my favorite project on the homestead so far - a rain catchment, automatic chicken waterer! It took less than an afternoon of work and now I'll never have to haul water out

One of their latest projects has been to build an automatic chicken waterer, which consists of a large barrel for water collection, a sturdy stand, and a commercial water bowl.

Myrissa | Homemaking & Homesteading on Instagram: "❄️We’ve all been there. Winter hits with freezing temps and your chicken’s waterer is frozen solid, leaving you to give your chickens fresh water every day. 💡What if I told you there’s another option?! 🐥 This is what we’re doing for our chicken waterer this winter so we don’t have to bucket fresh water every single day. This 5 gallon bucket lasts our girls a week and a half! You can find more details about our year round chicken waterer in…

This DIY chick waterer will work for your chicks or full grown chickens. You just need a couple of items and a 5 gallon bucket!

Before leaving on a 10-day camping trip, I filled up the water dish for the chickens…and grumbled the entire time. I really wanted some kind of large reservoir…so the online research began! Here’s how I built an automatic chicken waterer.

Katie Williams on Instagram: "We converted our @thechickenfountain from the garden hose to a rain barrel & it was so easy! The @thechickenfountain is so versatile, if you need a low maintenence watering system check it out! #chickenfountain #chickens #rainbarrel #diy #chickenrun #chickentunnel"

The Reserve at Pierce Farms on Instagram: "Rain barrel chicken waterer in more detail! Hubby built this one day so that the chickens can be watered regularly with rain, how cool is that! It makes the farm work lighter and less mess in their water🫶🏼 Drop your questions here and farmer Jon will be sure to answer them in the next video! #farm #chickensofinstagram #backyardchickens"

Cool Dad Luke built this terrific mid century modern style chicken coop -- to match the retro playhouse he built for his kids. Surely a design to crow about!