Duck Watering Station
A duck watering station that can be triggered by the duckling’s bill as it pushes down searching for water!
I cannot tell you how much this little device has freed up my mind and time to do other things around our land. Any one who has owned ducks knows that if we are being completely transparent, they can be quite disgusting and messy little creatures. Splashing their water absolutely everywhere and causing their brooder to smell intensely - not to mention with how frequently they dirty their living area, your life revolves around changing out their water. It’s not their fault really, if one considers their natural habitat, but I was not going to dedicate THAT much time to cleaning out the brooder 2 x a day. If you’re on the journey to getting ducks, I promise its all worth it and this nifty divice will help.
S U P P L I E S
3’ PVC pipe
PVC cap ( they are usually sold with the pipe or on the same isle)
Pipe cement (glue)
Poltry watering cups
Screws
Plumbers tape
Drill
3/8” drill bit (most common poultry size is 3/8)
90degree elbow
First we glued the elbow onto the 3’ PVC and simply measured the distance between the floor of the brooder and the frame so to make sure we had room to pull it out and remove the cap each time to add fresh water to it. We also glued the end cap on which wouldn’t need to be removed at all. In the video you’ll see Matthew sawing the pipe to the right measurements but, feel free to cut it however works for you. He also loves to take his pocket knife to scrape off any roughness.
Using the 3/8” drill bit we drilled the amount of holes to watering cups as to thread them in.
We did have some leaking issues around the seams of the cups so, we added the same glue to create layers of it to prevent that.
We first showed the duckling’s how it works but simply pushing the little tab and letting the cup fill. They figured it out so quickly and seem to really love it. If you’re concerned about their need to dip their face you can provide a small Tupperware of water if you want.
That’s it guys!
Let me know if this was useful for you and if you’d like for me to continue with videos. It has been a definite learning experience to figure out how filming works but I’m positive the more exposure I get to it the more I’ll produce better quality cuts.
