Round up cans as drinkers

[keeperdan]

If I was to clean a round up can really well and cut them in half,, would they be ok to use as drinkers???

[ack-ack]

If I was to clean a round up can really well and cut them in half,, would they be ok to use as drinkers???

 

It was illegal to reuse pesticide containers last time I was in the game.

[Beretta28g]

It is illeagle to use pesticide containers for anything other than pesticide.

 

5 gallon/25 litre drums make good feeders/drinkers. If the farm were to give you washed out cointainers with no clue to their origin i cant see the problem.( most likley it happens anyway though)

[keeperdan]

Ok,, I didnt know if you could,, will find something else to use

[Browning]

Dan there are thousands of 'cut in half' plastic containers used for drinkers around shoots. I have never been able to

identify wether they are pesticide containers as the labels have all been removed..........

[highseas]

they are a drinker full of disese

 

unless you empty them every day and clean them out you will have tp put a brick in their as well to stop reely small birds drowning or standing on the edge and flipping it over (ive seen them flip it on them selfs so thier stuck under it)!

[mark g]

they are a drinker full of disese

 

unless you empty them every day and clean them out you will have tp put a brick in their as well to stop reely small birds drowning or standing on the edge and flipping it over (ive seen them flip it on them selfs so thier stuck under it)!

roundup is a herbicide not a pesticide, get some decent automatic drinkers though as highseas says they do get full of unwanted nasties

[keeperdan]

Yeah not going to use them now,, it's a shame you can't use them as we use a lot of round up on the farm, so there are plenty of cans,, I just wanted to put more drinking spots around the shoot to help the wild birds that we are getting now,,

[Browning]

Dan, they will be absolutely fine around the shoot, just not in the release pens when the birds are very young.

 

Once the birds get out and about the half plastic containers will be no worse than the ponds, ditches, puddles etc,

that the birds will be drinking from. All mine are topped up as I do the wheat rounds anyway so it's very little extra work involved.

[pigeonstool]

I use the bottom 3 inches of the tubs that cattle/sheep feed comes in .. 12 > 15 inches across - VERY SAFE to recyle ( oh - you have to cut it off yourself , I use folding garden saw / keep the cutting angle shallow or it shatters )

[highseas]

if you get the lick buckets/milk buckets and keep the lid all you gots ado is cut 4 holes around 4inch from the bsae for them to stick thier heads in and lid ontop stops them crapping in it. we use them for putting out grit

[Browning]

if you get the lick buckets/milk buckets and keep the lid all you gots ado is cut 4 holes around 4inch from the bsae for them to stick thier heads in and lid ontop stops them crapping in it. we use them for putting out grit

 

Very good tip.

[pigeonstool]

neat solution

 

if you get the lick buckets/milk buckets and keep the lid all you gots ado is cut 4 holes around 4inch from the bsae for them to stick thier heads in and lid ontop stops them crapping in it. we use them for putting out grit

[Alycidon]

I use them, no problems. Was not aware it was illegal. The stuff that was in the can is the stuff that is used to dry off rape prior to combining, Just wash them comprehensively out with water 5 times at least. Watch were you tip the water as its live roundup and will kill anything it touches plant wise. Got a batch of new drinkers to make tomorrow.

 

 

Got 2 designs, easy one is to cut one drum in half through the thread and around the drum to make two baths about 4 inches high, cut a 8 to 10mm V in the thread of another drum, fill that with water and invert it into the bath, put a piece of wood under the thread to lift the V a bit to allow air in. There you are a 4 gallon drinker ideal for siting next to a wheat feeder. Stops birds paddling and crapping in the tray as there is only small areas of water visable. There is another way to cut the barrel but it requires a hose supply and ball valve, also easier to **** in.

 

Use an angle grinder,

 

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Edited August 29, 2011 by Alycidon