We are pretty excited about watering the birds without having to go into the coop. But the bulkhead fitting into the bucket could be used for a rain barrel too, or whatever you want. The buckets should have a lid so leaves and debris don't go in. Here are some pictures of the buckets we put together for our two watering set ups. The bucket we are using is a food grade bucket with no labels. Those are not easy to find unless you order from Azure standards or somewhere else like them. I like the tight fitting lid too. We plan on cutting a small hole in the lid to let the rainwater in and hopefully keep most of the debris out. The nipple drinkers can get plugged with any debris in water.
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1 and a half inch hole bit to drill out the bulkhead fitting hole.
visual on which end goes in bucket
The outside of the bucket will look like this
And now the double male 3/4 fitting and 3/4 fitting to hose fitting
And now all together.
The next phase will be the bull dog water bucket holder. |
