When I left off with the water system upgrade on the Mustang Chicken Coupe, I finished up the low pressure side of the system, with the bucket reservoir and the output line connecting to the coop's old plumbing. I had to get some fresh PVC glue since this trash has a very short life span and the glue I had was nothing but solid plastic. I did take a moment to cut the sections of pipe for the high pressure water line so all I had to do was glue them together once the glue was in hand.
With everything glued together, including the regulator, I hooked up the hose and turned the water on. The float valve started slowly filling up. Once the water levels were up high enough in the bucket, water started flowing to the drinker cups. I had to clean out some old dirt in the main cab drinkers. As water continued to fill the bucket, the drinker cups filled faster. The drinker cups in the brooder section were already filled up as well since the main water lines are at the same level. I had to make some adjustments to the float valve so it would shut off before the water level got above the float valve itself in order to minimize leakage. As is always the case, there's going to be some leakage with this cheap shit, but with the lower pressure due to the regulator, leakage is minimized, for the most part. With the drinker cups now online in the Mustang Chicken Coupe, I can remove the watering bottles from the brooder as well as start making my final plans for the fitting out of the Minivan Chicken Coop. As is the case with the other car coops, the MCC will use the same watering apparatus, propped up on a pedestal to hold the bucket. Having these car coops fully set up with automatic watering apparatus also makes it more sustainable for the multiple birds we have, as well as future acquisitions since we continue to plan on growing the flock. If the chickens continue to do what chickens do, we may very well end up with more baby birds hatched out by broody hens, which will then push us to have to use the Mustang Chicken Coupe's brooder area more often, prompting us to better finish out the setup with updated ventilation and heating apparatus. I've seen coil heaters made to screw into standard light sockets that would be better than the large infrared bulbs we typically use in brooder boxes. Also, in the chicken yard I have plans to dismantle one of the old chicken tractors and even the old firewood shed chicken coop to make room for a storage shed to house all the stuff used for the chicken coops and brooders, feed, etc. Keeping everything in this one central location will go a long way to neatening up the yards within the compound.
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