Salop Matt Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Folks at last our little DIY rough shoot have an IBC to fill with water to provide water for our x-layers that we have. Previously we have messed and struggled with 5-10 ltr drums carted about in vehicles which is slow and inefficient. So some of you guys must be doing the same so my question is what do you have connected to the IBC for providing constant water for the birds ? Any photos and website links would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnygreenfeet Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) hi I found the the water soon went green in an IBC ,if you can cover it or paint it great, black will get hot and birds will rather die than drink hot water so try to think cool or don't over fill and old galvanised tank from somones roof with a ply lid would be better , see how far you are away from mains i.e. cattle trough my shoot thought I was mad spending £200 on connecting to mains thirty years on not so silly you can run the pipe on the surface but be wear squirrels will chew the pipe, if you can get a five gallon drum cap put on IBC outlet make a hole in it and fit a Tyer valve in it but run a drill through first then connect some 8mm( I think )black pipe from agri merchant coins net solway feeders so on I ran the pipe to a old bucket with top cut off and made a float valve this can be done home made now days water is so important to be clean cold if you can find a few quid buy nipple drinker I have triangle ones they won't foul the water and don't cost much buy one each year and you soon have a few my only pen that is not on mains has a yellow bowser with similar outlet set up water is towed up to the pen what you have been doing has been great because they have had fresh water and many keepers do what you have been doing its all hard work try not to cut corners with water though best of luck Edited April 21, 2017 by johnygreenfeet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 I am lucky the farm manager puts them at my pens with a forklift, and one fill does each pen untill out and about. I have a small 12volt pump I got off fleabay for about £10, which is handy, if you take small containers or even a 200 ltr (45 gallon size ) drum to the IBC the pump puts it in , in no time, with no lifting. A lot of my pens are not near mains water, so joining into that is not an option. Always remember in dry times, water can be more important than food to released birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOLLSEYES Posted April 21, 2017 Report Share Posted April 21, 2017 Paint the IBC or water will go green or wrap it in silage wrap or both.25mm blue mdpe water pipe with a dead end.connected to the blue pipe bell drinkers via saddle clamps that you can buy at any keeper supplies.Hang the bell drinkers from the metal bars that road workers use to barrier off areas with.sterilise the IBC with false teeth sterilising tablets or the ones for swimming pools,be sure to flush through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Adding virkon s to the water will keep it bacteria free and help stop any algae. Silage wrap the sides and half a sheet of ply knocked up for a lid helps keep the light out and cool. Lift up on a few pallets to give some head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Scotland Posted April 25, 2017 Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 You could use sterilising solution that they use for babies bottles etc we have a plastic water tank from loft at each pen and i add a half bottle to five gallon of water run it through the pipes and leave it sit for a couple of days then flush the tanks are black but we don't get any problems with water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-dot Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) A few pots of natural yoghurt gets the algae gone and is good for the birds gut. And half a cup of VirkonS to 1000L. Edited May 19, 2017 by Red-dot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted May 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 Well I have bought a bottle of Milton, I have washed the container out twice with washing up liquid and got a brush around it as best as I can and left if for 4 hours for the washing up liquid to break down anything in the container I have then rinsed it out. I may do this once more then put the whole bottle of Milton in and fill it and leave it for another 4-5 hours before giving it a rinse out and moving it down to the pen to fill ! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 Matt is the ibc clean? What are you trying to break down with the soap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-dot Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 They will drink out of worm infested and gut rotting puddles anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted May 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 Matt is the ibc clean? What are you trying to break down with the soap? The label on the front says detergent low foaming for shifting grease and oils......It was washed out when it was emptied and then sat for 3 years outside doing nothing so i have started this cleaning process. it was free so seem`s silly not to make use of it as our other method was/is a royal pain in the.........! ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 Ah ok should be easy to clean out then, your fairy probably won't actually do anything, possibly better to fill to brim and leave 'soak' for a few days, that should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnytheboy Posted May 19, 2017 Report Share Posted May 19, 2017 We built a rain water harvester as we were having to move water for miles, we built a wee shed to keep grain in close to the pens, then framed out some corrigauted sheets to increase the area, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_t50 Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 We use them we have them raised 4ft of ground to give a head of pressure 25mm mdpe pipe of the valve runs out to three large blue drums which each have ballcocks to regulate the water hight then we have holes in the side of the drum at said hight that the birds drink from works for us we fill them at before birds arrive and last full season jobs good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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