How To Make a Chicken Feeder Using a 5 Gallon Bucket

How To Make a Chicken Feeder Using a 5 Gallon Bucket - Tutorial

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Learn how to make a chicken feeder using a 5 gallon bucket. This is a very easy DIY video. It holds a lot of chicken feed too.
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@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

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@Kindrid68 5 жыл бұрын

next time use the drill in reverse, it will not bite and will give a smoother cut.

@CBGRAPHICSAirbrushArt 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. I’m building one for my chickens today.

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

@robertladd5306 7 жыл бұрын

This works great. The only thing I changed was I used a square bucket which allowed the elbows to fit flush and I put three elbows on it. Thanks for sharing.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@trenton69 6 жыл бұрын

You guys are really helpful to me your feeder works good with my plymouth rock chickens through there whole live so far thanks

@HomeOwnerRepair 6 жыл бұрын

Our hens love this thing. It holds a lot of food

@ImASurvivorNThriver 7 жыл бұрын

Great ideas!!! Thanks for sharing.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@randolphbutler1832 4 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Keeps the food clean without waist.🐓🐣🐓🐣

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kakaali9565 7 жыл бұрын

thanks very much mate for making this video

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, this set up works great. I keeps the food dry and fresh in the winter too

@saniyaprint5139 7 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL AND CHEAP GREAT ...BRO...I LIKE IT

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

It really works great!

@jakobsvoice9814 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!! I was about to spend a fortune on feeders!!!

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

This one works awesome

@hamidalcasim7009j 4 жыл бұрын

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@user-ii2my4nr2z 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you nice idea.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@diyp8755 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

@HomeOwnerRepair Жыл бұрын

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@Jalisco801Farm 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Tips sir, Nice Video👌✌

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

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@Hailstonepie 2 жыл бұрын

I made one or two of these, work great, thank you.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

They work awesome. Thanks for checking out our video.

@domingomartinez8349 5 жыл бұрын

Me gusta Voy a intentarlo gracias bro

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@zj1710 6 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@HomeOwnerRepair 6 жыл бұрын

This is soooo easy. It put the food on auto pilot for a while

@timadams1994 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks great idea 😁

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome.

@thejanzenfamily3236 7 жыл бұрын

Definitely a good investment. Chickens always love to spill feed.

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

This feeder is super easy to make, and very inexpensive. Hope this helps you out

@shelly5596 5 жыл бұрын

We’ve used the five gallon bucket and watering nipples for our chickens and turkeys for s few years now and the work great. We will have to try a grain feeder like yours. I’m sure it will last many seasons.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@JoseRamirez-ru2jn 7 жыл бұрын

great video bro

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. This feeder setup works awesome

@angkit216 4 жыл бұрын

Very smart thanks bro make more projects and good job

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

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@sarwatahmed3850 3 жыл бұрын

Awsome vlog Sir!!

@HomeOwnerRepair 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@JyjusHomeVideos 5 жыл бұрын

It is a good idea to have this type of chicken feeder !! I have made some in the past with square containers. But stopped using as mice started feeding in the night time.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

It has worked well

@JyjusHomeVideos 5 жыл бұрын

It is really good other than the trouble with those mice around

@juanitadafler7233 4 жыл бұрын

@@JyjusHomeVideos I plan to use square containers and use caps to close off access to the feeders at night for my meat chickens in the chicken tractors and my laying hens in the coop.

@ljjames7604 4 жыл бұрын

Need to get a good ole barn cat

@mel3256 2 жыл бұрын

You should be putting an end, cap on the holes at night...every feeder would have mice issuesif you dont control access.

@cf8959 5 жыл бұрын

Of all the chicken feeders I’ve seen, I think this one is the best. Super easy. I’m going to get a square bucket, though and use elbows that I don’t have to cut. How close to the inside bottom of the bucket do you place the elbow?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

It's like an inch off of the bottom of the bucket.

@hiltonfigueroa9150 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@australorprirhenschicksahm9254 4 жыл бұрын

Very good job

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for checking out the video

@brittanyshaw6828 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to make both the feeder and waterer. Thanks for the videos! Those expensive waters at the store only last about a year to 18 months for me. Getting tired of buying them!

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

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@vickybartistry3292 4 жыл бұрын

Brittany Shaw we used a long pvc pipe put 3 nipples on it and connected it to a large barrel with a wire mesh top so rain fills it up

@allanaustero2477 5 жыл бұрын

wow good job

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@adugrace1808 4 жыл бұрын

So lovely

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

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@vincemarquel5614 4 жыл бұрын

Well done

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Vince!

@karaeddie1 7 жыл бұрын

have a few questions, 1. do you cap the food at night? 2. do the chickens jump on top of buckets, if so how often do you have to clean em? 3. can they still spill any of the food? 4. do you think if the bucket was hanging, it'd work just as well as on a block?

@teresa-greeneyes3886 5 жыл бұрын

I have one. They don’t get on top and they do take some food out but I have no problems. It keep the food dry

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@37sanchez 5 жыл бұрын

Heyy look good tenks brooooooo

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching hope this helped you out

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

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@michaelrodriquez8767 Жыл бұрын

Great Job ! Do you have a video on how to make a chicken watering bucket ? I like the one that's displayed in this video.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Yes I do. Sorry just saw this question.

@JcrConcepts 2 ай бұрын

Nice. What about a water system that is self maintained? Take a look at this one (automatic self maintained water system for chickens) let me know thanks

@HomeOwnerRepair 2 ай бұрын

Great suggestion!

@teresa-greeneyes3886 6 жыл бұрын

Making two now for me and my neighbor. Tired of this Georgia rain wetting my food. Thanks

@HomeOwnerRepair 6 жыл бұрын

Hope this helps you out

@teresa-greeneyes3886 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it’s a great system.

@trenton69 6 жыл бұрын

I really thank you guys could you send me all the videos you made with chicken related projects in it thank you

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@superbikemike 8 жыл бұрын

well crafted.... the little guys are gettin big

@HomeOwnerRepair 8 жыл бұрын

+Superbike Mike It's crazy how fast they grow

@banecrushr 7 жыл бұрын

What any and all of these homemade bulk feeders need are funnels in the centers, to push the feed to the openings, and none will sit wasting in the center of the bucket....just an FYI

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

This isn't an issue with the way I have this setup

@JcrConcepts 2 ай бұрын

Nice. Take a look at this one ( automatic self maintained water system for chickens) let me know thanks

@HomeOwnerRepair 2 ай бұрын

I will check it out.

@sharoncourt75 4 жыл бұрын

I am going in a vacation so i want to do this to be able to put alot of feed i usually have a feding schudale so no mice, will this work better if i use a rectangular sweeter plastic box? i have 7hens

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

This design has worked well for me

@djjammindave 5 жыл бұрын

Is got be a better way to this , oh my God!

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Hope this helped you out.

@VictorRodriguez-rd5xl 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, nice this way they don't waste their food, it's funny how they have to get in line to get in the hole😁

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@cf8959 5 жыл бұрын

Does the glue make the attached pvc pipe waterproof? Will this set up work in the rain?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

Yes the glue is made for PVC pipe. This method will keep the food dry. Hope this helps you out.

@robertsmith2199 4 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't hurt to run a ring of silicone caulk around the outside, either. That would ensure water tightness.

@tayeljabar7284 Жыл бұрын

Good 👍 job am copy you buddy that’s what am looking for

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching our video that shows you how to make a chicken waterer.

@lesliross7858 2 жыл бұрын

I have both bantams and full size chickens. One of my silkie’s is particularly small. Would it work to do multiple heights so that my RIRs and Silkies can eat from the same feeder?

@HomeOwnerRepair 2 жыл бұрын

We had a few different birds eating from this setup they seemed to do well. Hope this helps you out.

@munkyhaus8576 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I'm making one now. Here's a friendly tip back from a surgical nurse. Use a clamp when you're cutting PVC or I may see you in the OR. Safety first, cousin. Ok, maybe third... at least.

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@-JesusisGod- 6 жыл бұрын

Any ideas how to keep field mice out/ away from it? Other than closing the it up

@HomeOwnerRepair 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. I never had an issue with them. Maybe someone will chime in that had an issue with them.

@lanceroberthough1275 5 жыл бұрын

I trap the mice with regular traps using some preferred foods like peanut butter. No poison for many reasons. Also, I keep the base of the feeder at about chest of chicken height. Finally, I train several chickens as TMIs. Tactical Mouse Interceptors. They are also trained in counter intelligence interrogation methodologies.

@GetRhythm2011 4 жыл бұрын

@@lanceroberthough1275 LOL!

@raymundotoledo8019 5 жыл бұрын

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@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@pjb40bailey 4 жыл бұрын

I just found your video and would like to make this. I didn't realize there were so many different styles of 90 degree angle pvc pipe! Did you use a street elbow or long sweep elbow?

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

You could probably use a street elbow so that you don't have to cut an end off.

@pjb40bailey 4 жыл бұрын

@@HomeOwnerRepair thanks! Is 3 in really big enough for their heads? I was thinking about a 4 in. Any pros or cons to that?

@shahbazshah4995 5 жыл бұрын

How you made a water feeder in the end you showed ?? Kindly explain?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

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@wahidgul6387 3 жыл бұрын

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@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@thewisceeeggg1624 Жыл бұрын

If you buy a "street" elbow, there's no need to cut off one end, it's already flush.

@HomeOwnerRepair Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the added tip.

@tarim-hayvancilikveuretimt9130 5 жыл бұрын

@allanother8427 7 жыл бұрын

How many broilers do you think could eat from one bucket ?Thanks

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

I have six hens eating from this set-up, it's perfect. Food lasts about three weeks in bucket. I give them fresh water every couple of days

@allanother8427 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@lisaderouchie5349 4 жыл бұрын

I have the cup waterers for my chickens, but drink the cup dry and dont peck to get more water. I'm guessing they haven't figured it out how to get it. I'm thinking about getting rid of them, but I see that so many people have them. What am i doing wrong?

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

Mine did the same thing and they figured it out after a few days

@huabtaistustubntxawg1408 3 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if the chicken can finish all the feed down to the bottom?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

I typically don't let it get that low..always feed them fresh food.

@mori8424 4 жыл бұрын

They have what’s called a street elbow which has a flange on one end only. The other end is like your cut end so u don’t have to cut a flange off of one end.

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can also use a street elbow. Thanks for the added tip!

@pepemorales3019 5 жыл бұрын

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@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Are you planning on building one of these?

@Hunter__14 4 жыл бұрын

Where did u get the elbows from

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

I bought them in the plumbing department at Home Depot.

@urbanhomesteadingchannel1813 5 жыл бұрын

What size elbows please?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

Look at the plug and see if there is something preventing it from seating properly

@kevingbryant 4 жыл бұрын

Will the feed remain dry inside during the wet months of the year because of the rain? I live in the state of Washington! lol

@HomeOwnerRepair 4 жыл бұрын

I'm in New Hampshire and it rains more than the sun's out. Mine has stayed dry.

@kevingbryant 4 жыл бұрын

@@HomeOwnerRepair That's great to hear! Thank you so much for responding. I've never really been outside of my part of the country-I guess I thought the Pacific Northwest was the wettest place in the U.S. lol :D

@conniebarr5671 5 жыл бұрын

Why is it necessary to cut the other end off the PVC tube?

@presley822 5 жыл бұрын

so it fits through the hole

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@ginnyday9224 Жыл бұрын

This would not fit in the coop so is it ok to put outside?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

If they can reach it yeah it should be.

@SusanLBritt 4 жыл бұрын

How to do the waterers

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

I have a video on how to make them

@dropcam4827 5 жыл бұрын

Use a clap to hold what your sawing not your hand!

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

I've got 9 more...lol

@wonka6848 5 жыл бұрын

Don't you have problems with mice getting in the bucket?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 жыл бұрын

No it seems to be fine

@user-xs8ws1zj2d 5 жыл бұрын

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@tetefanini2737 5 жыл бұрын

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@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@mead20lb40 5 жыл бұрын

My question is, why does that saw at the beginning suck so bad....

@vaibhav3946 4 жыл бұрын

saw wants to see us the saw!!

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@pauldersch556 7 жыл бұрын

Damn dude...you DON'T need so much glue...

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

Glue is good....lol

@cf8959 5 жыл бұрын

surveyguyor : Is this set-up waterproof?

@hailey9080 7 жыл бұрын

I first read the title as "How to make a children feeder" and I slightly freaked out 😂

@HomeOwnerRepair 7 жыл бұрын

Lol

@GetRhythm2011 4 жыл бұрын

@@HomeOwnerRepair I second your LOL! Hilarious Halley! Thanks!

@chrisc1811 2 жыл бұрын

I built one and it works good, However, my feed bill is almost double now. They eat way more than they need and no way to limit it.

@HomeOwnerRepair 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

@arandom1024 Жыл бұрын

Why bother tracing it out when your hole saw is already the diameter it needs to be and you are just eyeballing the height from the bottom?

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

For extra credit..lol

@LindaIBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Food waste and how is this positioned? Your explanation isn’t clear as to how the positions works so there is always enough food

@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

We refill as necessary.

@jeanpittenger94 6 жыл бұрын

CAN YOU MAKE ME A FEW WITHOUT CHARGING A FORTUNE FOR THEM? I TRIED MAKING ONE BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN THE HOLE DRILL BIT CAN YOU MAKE ME SOME? MAKE ME 2 AND I WILL PAY YOU????

@l.skipallen9080 6 жыл бұрын

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@l.skipallen9080 6 жыл бұрын

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@HomeOwnerRepair 5 ай бұрын

Sorry just saw this question.