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I got my Chicken fountain the other day. I like the looks of it so far. I haven't assembled it yet. I have to build a platform for my 55 gallon rain barrel first.

Well, I got all my pieces in order, I just have to cut a 3" hole in my wall. I am using a 3" 5 foot PVC on the exterior, coming in at a "J" and then running 2 foot 3" PVC horizontally in both directions. I am going to cut a trench on each and glue on the end caps as a stop. This way they can...

Yeah, that's definitely colder your way than it is here. It is getting down to freezing, potential icing tomorrow.

Where are you at?

Interesting, do you have a photo?

My thought process for dog legging it along the wall, is it conserves space in the coop rather than running it lengthwise into the coop. I suppose the other alternative would be individual pipes 10 for 20 birds, but that would seem annoying and make it look like the Mormon Tabernacle choice...

It would seem you would still have to go into the coop to feed. I wonder why not a PVC feeder that is attached vertically to the outside then comes in the inside of the coop and dog legs either right or left for either a trough or a drill holed system? That way you can keep them fed, and if...

True given the weight on the material going through the pipe it would have to be screwed into a structure by fasteners.

So, I am guessing without a photo line up, that you made an external platform for your 55 gallon drum, ran the hose from the spigot, then cut a hole either in the wire, or (in my case T-1 siding) and then ran the PVC along some sort of stud to strap in. Other than getting the barrel and...

Interesting, so you put it in a vise, cranked on it until bore into the PVC and then attached a 55 gallon drum. So, no leaks or blow outs? Sounds like a plan. Thanks for the information.

I have to monitor my hens when they free range. Too many hawks in the area. I had a near miss when I let them free range several months ago in the enclosed fenced area.

I thought about that. However, the coop I am building, a grown man can walk around without banging his head, or needing to stoop. To feed the amount of birds it can hold, It would look like the Mormon Tabernacle by the time I added 10 PVC pipes for 20 large birds. I was hoping to have a one...

Did you use plumber's tape.

What size pilot hole did you drill, and then what size threader?

How do you deal with the pressure of a 55 gallon barrel not pushing out the nipples?

I borrowed the picture from the thread as an example. I am planning on using a threaded end cap on both ends. One, to keep the critters on the outside from getting in and on the inside for maintenance. As far as water overflowing, I have a gap between the studs and my cement floor, where I...