rain barrel

  1. PaisleyChickMama

    Rain water catch for duck pond

    Hi! I’m making a water catchment system for my plants and ducks this year since it rains a lot here I thought I’d take advantage. maybe it will lower my water bill for their kiddy pool. I’m wondering how or if I need to purify the water. I am putting a piece of window screen for the lid so...
  2. S

    Help with gutters for rain barrel watering system

    Hi! My husband is working on adding gutters to our coop so we can use a rain barrel to supply our water bar with water. He has traditional gutter sealant (from a box store) for the gutters. Is that safe to use if we will be using rain water pulled off the gutters to fill our barrel? Is...
  3. SOlace30

    Gutter set up on slanted roof

    Hello, I just completed a 8x10 chicken roof with slanted roof. On the lower roof portion I will be adding a gutter feeding into my rain barrels. I wanted to know if I add gutters on the two other sides feeding into main gutter is it needed or will it even matter. So basically other than highest...
  4. alcstreetman

    Clueless first timer with a lot of coop/run questions! Rain barrel, sand, etc.

    Hello! Our chicks are ready to move to the coop and my husband is currently finishing everything up. I have multiple questions and have already found good information from previous posters but I wanted to see if there were any recent opinions that could be helpful. If anyone has input on ANY of...
  5. Ninjasquirrel

    Rain diverter works too well

    We have a rain barrel that we got for free so we wanted to be able to utilize it for our garden. We purchased a rain diverter that hooks up to the downspout to catch the rain. It works great...too great. Everytime it rains a lot the barrel overflows. We have to hook a hose up to it and let...
  6. msmeg26

    Rain Barrel waterer

    Would it be necessary to have the rain barrel water filtering or constantly moving to avoid being stagnant and algae growth??
  7. msmeg26

    Began our coop build

    This is the begin of coop for 2019. I will make edits to this post as we continue forward. Coop background: We are located in Savannah GA, this will be our first time having chickens. I have wanted them for over 15 years since I went to a ceramic studio on a farm in Michigan and was amazed by...
  8. msmeg26

    Rain Barrel system for coop?

    Has anyone done a rain barrel system for their coop/run? Did you then filter it somehow or oxygenate it?? I am in the design phase of our future coop and considering collecting rain runoff from the run area, but unsettled of having the water sit in a rain barrel... It would then...
  9. MilesFluffybutt

    Recommendations for Rain Barrel Heater

    Does anyone have a recommendation for a submergible heater for a rain barrel? I'm hoping to avoid lugging water from the house to the coops all winter. I'll also take recommendations on the barrel itself. Thank you!
  10. missmarielayne

    Rain Barrels for Drinking Water

    We started using a rain barrel as a water source for our chickens. We have it attached to a gutter on our chicken coop and it runs off of a corrugated steel roof. I read that Apple Cider Vinegar is a good way to keep algae and bacteria down but I'm just not sure how much to put in the barrel or...
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