Chicken Water System You NEED For Your Coop

[@latauarobison6521]

I thought I would share a tip for you guttering system, you may have done it but could not tell from video. By the way that looks professionally done Great job! My tip was when you are putting up gutters you should always angle the slightly so the run to the corner that you have the down spout. Not enough tilt to be seen visually but just subtle enough to encourage water to flow down hill.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Thanks for sharing that. I did do that but didn’t explain that. I pin the comment so people see it😁

[@billiecrabill5045]

Our Spectacide traps caught about 20,000 beetles a day for the month of July in Eastern Tennessee! When we ran out of bags, my husband started making his own out of zipper plastic bags.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

That’s crazy!!!!

[@billiecrabill5045]

My husband told me I was off by a factor of ten! Only 2000+ beetles a day

[@Barbaralee1205]

The screen trap will quickly plug up. There are sponge filters available from big box stores like Lowes that work well. But you probably need a wire or plastic cover that prevents leaves from composting in your gutter or on your filter

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Yeah I saw the sponge gutters, I figured I will just make sure to clean the gutters out once a month with the coop

[@AHomesteadingHustle]

I was just telling my husband about this! That screen tape is a nice touch!

[@AcresOfAdventure]

We need the screen tape because our dogs and our door wall screen🙈

[@TinyHomesteader]

Something I used last year to keep Japanese Beetles away was a few drops of Peppermint Oil in a spray bottle of water. I sprayed every couple of days on our fence by the garden and worked like a charm.

[@darkluster4]

Don't know if you know this, but here's a bit of advice about those Japanese Beetles. After you've caught enough of them (about a gallon), pop em in the freezer for about an hour. It isn't enough to kill them, but it WILL prevent them from flying away before your chickens can eat them. I have found memories growing up as a kid watching the chickens literally climb over each other whenever dad gave them a bag of beetles!🤣

[@AcresOfAdventure]

I love that idea! Although beetles in the freezer will be a little weird 🤣

[@darkluster4]

@@AcresOfAdventure Trust me, the kids will love it, the chickens will love it, and the KZbin viewers will love it. 😆 The only person that really will not be thrilled is Mom. But if you have an outdoor freezer, or someplace where they can be kept separate it won't be a problem. And the eggs will be that much better for it. 😋😉

[@montyrushing]

the best chicken dad ever

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Thank you😬

[@ginnythibodeau3148]

Your garden is beautiful! That’s a great idea collecting rain water. Our chicks are shipping August 9, can’t wait! I’m learning so much from y’all! Thank you.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Woohoo! So close to having chicks 😁

[@alyciapeters5073]

Nice job! Everything is looking ship shape!!! Way to go!

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Thanks!

[@baddogcustoms7496]

I Have a suggestion for feed. Thought I’d comment here on your most recent video. I just came from your video about talking to your local brewerys, and you should try talking to your local bread stores as well. In Kentucky I can get an entire truckbed of bread for 50 bucks probably 3000 loaves I’d guess. We feed 100 loaves at a time to our animals there

[@AcresOfAdventure]

That’s an awesome idea! Thank you for that

[@junegoguen6961]

Thanks for the video. I love your easy and low expense ideas.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Glad you like them!

[@Clennep]

You might want to check on it, but I was always told that Tomatoe plants were toxic for chickens, not the tomatoes themselves but the plant part.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Yes if they were to have a lot but they usually do not touch them, they do pretty good about not eating the things that are bad for them but you are right about the plant! Thanks for looking out

[@ams228HU]

Can’t tell for sure but looks like you didn’t use gutter hangers, if that is the case you will want to do so before winter to keep the gutter from bowing out. Additionally i thought nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, potatoes) vegetation was a no no for most animals due to possible poisoning. Hope this helps.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

The chickens usually don’t bother to eat at them, they won’t eat what’s bad for them. Thank you for the hanger tip though!

[@ams228HU]

@@AcresOfAdventure we have only had our flock since April but I agree that they are very intuitive about what is good and bad for them, you are correct its probably fine. We just have a separate pile for those items as well as the real bulky stuff, lawn clippings, fall leaves and firewood ash. With an enclosed run it just works better for us. Great videos, keep going.

[@lp1080]

Add a gutter guard to the top of the gutter to keep our leaves and pine needles

[@lynnemalone284]

Nice job!! I would love to do that but I have shingles.

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Yeah we did it for our house but then realized shingles were our roof so we stopped doing it.

[@phyllisclark3896]

Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@AcresOfAdventure]

You bet! Thanks for watching 😁

[@Kathleen67.]

What kind of gutter and how much, where to buy? Thanks, I can't wait to trap beetles for my chickens!

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Normal gutter from a hardware store. It was like 20 dollars

[@Kathleen67.]

@@AcresOfAdventure Nice.

[@rh5022]

You need a well , water in Colorado Springs was very expensive .

[@nchestercountynews4955]

just stick the pheromones bait/lure on the coup

[@AcresOfAdventure]

Great idea!

[@youngsterjoey9038]

Love it

[@saltybildo9448]

Never off a asphalt roof

[@Fhidnrgdj]

I made an edit for you

[@Fhidnrgdj]

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