This guide automatically routes water from the roof of a chicken coop to a rain barrel and then to a pipe that feeds chicken watering nipples. Therefore, this watering system is helpful for chickens who already know how to peck at watering nipples. (That said, you can train them by placing a sunflower seed in the cup of the nipple—then they’ll peck to activate the cups.)
This setup installs the chicken watering pipe inside the coop where the chickens usually drink, which is usually in the run.
This setup uses a gravel pad as well as a basket strainer in the inlet of the cistern. If you’d prefer a gravel pad for your rain barrel or IBC tote, follow these instructions for a gravel pad for your rain barrel/IBC tote setup.
If you wish to use an in-line filter rather than using a basket strainer as instructed in this guide, see the Variations section. Another feature of this setup is a tank gauge—this lets you keep an eye on the water level in an opaque tank.
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