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Holy mad man! I fume every time the chickens' water bowl needs some cleaning. The old sink used as waterer is loosely laying on bricks, making it wobbly and quite improvised. Plus, the drain pipe is out of place and always clogged in dirt. It's the most infuriating no-problemo, since the solution is easy-peasy.
We started using an old sink because it's incredibly easy to clean/change the water — just open the drain and voila. Secondly, because those two-winged demons destroyed their water feeder. But, the sink needed a solid base whose construction was postponed. And postponed. And here we are.
To the wood pile
Our pile of scrap boards always saves the day. The idea involved a simple wooden base with a cut to pass the drain pipe to the back and away from the chicken coop. After measuring, cutting at the table saw, and nailing, the result is a wooden frame to serve as a sink base. So good so far, young Padawan.
Below is a pic of the drain pipe. Seriously, this poop should not be over-thought... it's a bloody chicken water bowl after all. Anyways. We open the sink plug and old water flows down the drain as new water goes in using a hose. That is that. But no. That wouldn't make an interesting post.
Back to the chicken field and satisfied with the masterpiece, I install the sink somewhere else and step back to enjoy the finesse of my project.
Too high
"That's too high," says dad. "Little chicks won't reach that."
Ah, for f**k's sake! He's probably right and I may have to re-think the project, though it's annoying to spend more time on something so frugal.
Armed of an angry determination to finish the project for good, I attack the wood pile once again. At first I thought of a ramp, but that wouldn't be over-engineered enough. Once again: cut here, nail there and pimba! I came up with an outrageously over-engineered chicken water bowl.
Stupid? Yes. Absurd? Also. We could've easily used anything to water the chickens, but that wouldn't look as cool as a 5 start spa for chickens — that I hope they'll use.
Do you also build something and then realize how exaggerated it is? Let me know on the comments.
Peace.
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