We are new to keeping Chickens and this is what we built after 6 months of research and planning. This coop was inspired by the Wichita "cabin coop" found here on BYC. There was also other inspirations found in book,online and on this forum...

The Slow Monday 🌱 | When your husband brings your dreams to life 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 DIY AUTOMATIC CHICKEN WATERER + RAIN HARVESTING SYSTEM ☔️ 💦 This came together so… | Instagram

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"

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

We have built a LOT of chicken waterers in our years of chicken wrangling. They break, clog, or otherwise just become a pain to deal with. No matter the size, filling it is always irritating. With …

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.

We decided that we wanted to try and continue using our existing water barrel system year round, so that meant that we would need to insulate it for winter...

As temperatures drop there are a few things you can do to winterize rain barrels, rain tanks, drip irrigation systems, and plumbing lines.