I had to move up the timetable for getting the utilities hooked up in the Mustang Chicken Coupe due to the idea that the hatchery we normally order baby chickens from had moved up the ship date for a small order of chickens we had from July to NOW. So even though the car was in position in the chicken yard I still needed to get water and power hooked up. I took care of the water with a simple garden hose but still had to get power to the car. Since it is warm I wasn't really too concerned with power. I brought the chickens home and we got them set up in the brooder area of the car and showed them the drinker cups so they can get used to where to find water. We put a small bulk feeder in the brooder so they can have a fair amount of chicken feed. Even though things were straight, I wanted to get things permanently set up. This means digging a trench to set up the PVC water line as intended to replace the hose. I also wanted to put an extension cord in to run along with the pipe. The first thing I did was start digging the trench. I dug a line from the spigot on the house, past the old AC unit then turned at a 45 degree angle towards the car. Once at the car I did another turn to go along side the front left tire of the car where the pipe will end and the spigot will go. I also added a spur from the power pole to connect to the main trench so I can run the extension cord as well. I had to pull the section of skirting rom the house to access the water line where the spigot is at. I had to cut the spigot off so I can install a tee in the line. After installing the tee I put a length of pipe in going straight down into the trench where a 90 degree elbow was installed and another length of PVC glued in place. From there I put a 45 degree elbow on and started my main pipe run to the car. I needed three 10ft sections of 1/2" PVC pipe to get to the last section of trench at the car. Another 45 degree elbow was installed and a final length of pipe put in with a 90 degree. A short piece of pipe was put in and a few fittings used to couple the spigot to the end of the 1/2" pipe. With the pipe and spigot in I went ahead and moved on to the extension cord. I grabbed an older cord I had that was 50 ft long and plugged it up to the external power box that I put in for the power run to the dog yard. I ran the cord along the other cord to the ground then routed the cord into the trench. Once in the trench I was able to run the cord and kick dirt into the trench as the cord was dropped. I killed two birds with one stone getting the cord in and the trench filled in. This of course didn't take long but I did come up short on the cord and had to grab another old and short extension cord to plug up to the 50 ft cord. I wrapped the plugs in electrical tape to help keep things sealed prior to burying the cord and the plugs. Once at the spigot I was able to finish filling in the trench and route the cord to the underside of the car. I had a short length of hose that was on an old automatic watering dish that was in the chicken yard that I pressed into service for the Mustang Chicken Coupe. Once hooked up I fired up the water once again and bled the air from the lines and had water online for the baby chickens but this time through PVC pipe instead of a hose. I do still need to repair the power cord where it broke off during the move of the car. I could install a plug on the end of the cable that is coming from the power box in the car and run the rest of the extension cord up into the car to plug it up where its protected from the elements or just dig out a short length of cable with a plug on it to hook up to the power cable and just plug the ends up outside of the car. I'm still debating that one but in the meantime the car has running water and the baby chickens have a lot of space to themselves.
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