Articles by drstratton

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! Here is how we accomplished it! We also had to modify some of the existing plumbing. You can find our original build here DIY Dual Purpose...

I don't have a build thread of our coop, but I do have some updates! We built our coop over 20 years ago, it has seen many Banty's go in and out over the years. We now have 20 standard sized chickens and 3 Silkies, we needed to make some modifications to accommodate them. I'm going to share...

This is the Auto Watering System we put in for our chickens and rabbits. A friend gave me the water barrel, he used it for his chickens, but the nipples he put in leaked, so he just quit using it. Anyway it's what we are using for our system. It will supply water to the chickens and rabbits...