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Water for your hens without effort of daily filling. Make your hen waterer for just a few dollars. Frugal.
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How to make a
hen watererfor just a few dollars
Refills automatically
get a used 20 L pail.
with a lid.
buy a used float valve. $4Came from
an old toilet.
Use a holedrill
to fit thefloat valve
into theinside of the
bucket.
Here.
make a rubber washer froma bit of old rubber
fit the rubber washeronto the float valve
slide it on
Fit it throughthe hole ...
screw on thelock nut
tighten itso the water
can’tescape
this is fun
Use treadtape to makea water-tight seal.
on this end of thethreaded rod
I use a “Hansens fitting”to a 9 mm garden hose
tighten it firmly
attach the garden hose
then turn onthe tap
Yes. It’s filling.
When it has filled,mark the full
line on the bucket
Drill 5 or 6big holes just abovethe water-line
Your hens willput their headsin these holes.
water line
hen head holefor drinking
out of
Test the float valve ...
Ready to go ...
Hens will drink here
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