Pig Waterer 2.0 | How to build a horizontal 55 gallon drum pig watering system.
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Build a pig watering system using a 55 gallon drum and monoflow stainless steel nipple drinker. Using the existing bung holes and laying horizontal to help reduce chance of leaks.
Parts list and Base Cut-Sheet : forms.gle/APV8Hdi6mRYNhg7S8
0:00 Intro
0:10 Parts and Tools list
2:20 Build Waterer
7:35 Test It
10:45 Build Stand
18:06 Finished Product and some notes
20:02 Pigs try it out
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That watering system looks to be the best I've seen on any Homestead great job
Thanks, they are using it and it is working well.
Great explanation! Two key points from similar builds by others: 1. Cover the inlet to keep insects and debris out. 2. Place the entire drum outside the pen with only the nipple sticking through the fence. That way the pigs will not be able to destroy it , yet still access the water as needed. General consensus is that when given the chance to be destructive, most pigs will be, so take away the opportunity right from the get-go! PS: I might also consider another cross brace above the X to provide addition bracing above the intersection and so further support the lower part of the cross bracing legs.
Like the video. Such a cool idea. I like watching you and others building stuff. Maybe one day I might be able to try making some things for my animals. Have a blessed day 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👩🏻🌾🐖
You should!
Add some apple cider vinegar. It will help control algae and it's good for the animals. I think this was a great idea. The pigs will figure out the nipple fairly quickly. I switched my chicken and duck waterers to nipple waterers and it only took them a day or two to figure it out. Pigs are smarter than chickens and ducks...just saying. lol (I loved having poultry and miss having them. Maybe someday I will again.)
Yes and these pigs love ACV, they drink it straight before we are able to fill up their water sometimes.
You could periodically set a kernel or two of corn up on the water nipple and I think they'd catch on quick.
They love their new scratching toy! LOL
Good Luck Pigs!
A word to the wise, find an old rug or something to cover the barrel with, I had one in my back garden and it only lasted 3 yrs sitting in the sun and the whole side cracked out from UV damage. Another option is buy a cover for a barrel size BBQ grill but a rug is cheaper and it will keep the water from heating up in the sun.
Sorry but you won't be able to fill the barrel full unless you have an air bleed in the top. It won't fill past the top of the fill fitting in the side of the drum unless you can exhaust the air pocket.
If you made a cross board with a tight fitting hole across the front with just the nipple sticking out it will help keep the piggies from breaking the nipple off. I would also find a vented cap for the fill port to keep bugs from breeding in the barrel and making the pigs sick if they ingest the larvae. Mosquito larvae is the cause of heart worm and they breed in standing water.
I would also suggest a couple of diagonal braces front to back to keep the pigs from collapsing the stand while pushing from the front while drinking. There's a channel with a pet pig living in someone's house and the issues they've encountered over the years like flipping their stove over while looking for something to eat in the kitchen, don't under estimate their strength and will power when they want something.
All that scratching they're doing is what I was talking about when you first got them. Get a sheet or 2 of steel lath for putting concrete on walls and make them a scratching wall somewhere in their pen, they'll love you for it. It comes in 2.5ft x 8ft sheets and you could just wrap it around a couple bales of hay and make it stationary with a piece of rebar driven through the bails into the ground so they don't play soccer with it and move it as you move their pen.
Great job and you got to repurpose some more lumber. Thanks for sharing and have a Blessed day.
Thanks, we love projects that do not require a trip to town :)
@@TheKraemerLife for sure even if your close...it's the price of gas as well as time.
Pigs are the funniest animals, also tastes good...
They are delicious and entertaining. Fun to have on the homestead.
Pigs are a pain where a pill won’t reach when it comes to destroying things.
I’ve seen a water system similar to this but the barrel is outside of the fence and a longer metal pipe is all the pigs have access to inside the pen. The pipe was also stabilized by mounting aBoard on two T posts and threading the drinker pipe through a hole in the board.
Fun project that you can tweak and make it work as needed.
Of course, the first thing we need to do is a back scratch. Our piggies love scratches. Great looking idea. Might give that a try!
Yes, everything is a good scratching post for them.
I also really loved the template you created to help figure out the build of the frame! Really smart Nate.
Without using the nipple on a pressurized system I had to remove the screen and open it up with a high flow valve instead of a low flow or medium flow Valve to get enough water out when the pigs were needing some They drank a lot My system is similar but I used an IBC tote and painted it green to not get algae
You could drive in a t-post on each end and zip tie it to steady it.
True!
Nice waterer. General rule of thumb, no teflon tape plastic to plastic. Metal to plastic definitely needs it.
Great point!
I'd put a screen cap over the fill tube to keep mosquitoes from laying eggs. I agree on painting or shade cloth. Cider vinegar will help too
Nice project, might want to put a piece of screen over the intake so that a bunch of leaves and such don't get in.
Good tip!
Nate also put your little piece of screen wire there to keep the Debris from getting in your barrel..
OMGosh! Soooo close!
Love you guys! Thanks 👋❤️🙏
Thank you!
Love watching you guys create. May need to reinforce, like you said, because of them rubbing on it, but really great idea
We will see how it holds up and if it needs additional modifications.
Thank you for a slow how to do , I could actually keep up with what and how you made this , great explanation! Hope that it works super well for your pigs !,
You're welcome! The pigs are using it without issue, success!
Can I suggest screen or some cloth and elastic over the inlet for critters and skeeters?
Good idea
Just put a plumbing vent over the top so that it vents and prevents contaminants
Good job, Nate! 👏👏👏
Yay, thank you!
Happy 4th Nate and Kattie..🤘🎊🎉🎊
Thanks, same to you.
You need to paint the barrel flat black to control algae in the tank
I have black and the water stays cool. Remember: the black absorbs the heat and it stays out of the water.
Good thinking about reinforcing it. It seems to be a very popular place to scratch.
Yes, they love to test out all new items for their scratch ability
Fantastic build Nate, you really put a lot of thought into it. As you were building, you answered all my questions that were coming to mind.
Awesome, glad it was helpful.
Awesome 👏
Thanks for sharing
You are welcome
Pigs need a wet hole to woller in maybe one foot deep by six ft , they will love cooling off in water hole.
Yes, they have a wallow, they also get hosed off daily.
Peanut butter on the nipple works! Try a tarp over the barrel before you paint it, seeing the inside seems like a good idea to know when to clean it and the tip about the ACV is also a good one to aid health and deter alge.
I think possibly a shade tarp would help, we do use ACV for the animals
Great idea with the time indicator in the comment section! As always love the detail of your instructional videos and your use of recycling!
Glad it was helpful!
Add an insect mesh cap on the aeration/filling tube to prevent mosquitoes or other insects entering the drum.
hugs from pam and john keep it coming on video happy sunday you have best pig i love them
Thanks
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great instructions thanks for sharing, scratching post:)
Yes, pigs love a good scratcher
Wrap the teflon tape on the threads the same direction you turn to tighten.
Looks good Nate
Thank you!
Catch on Moe, you can get water yourself!!
He did, next time we saw him he was drinking out of it :) pigs are smart.
Great job!
Thanks!
joel salatin's x wing frame design, nice, I might've gone slightly wider, like 2-4 inches for a slightly more stable frame, but it looks good.
Nate, great video that explains how you built this. I enjoyed you showing tye step by step process. Where did your source the barrels? Locally here in greene county, or online? I like that you made it clear upfront that these barrels were food grade barrels. Your attentiveness to keeping your animals and eventually your food safe from potential harmful contaminants is admirable.
Yes, we try to get all things local. These were in Parrotville, found them of FB marketplace.
great way to make the pigs happy i hope they dont knock it over when the water is low hugssssssss
Only time will tell with these two but so far so good.
there are a bunch of videos on "don't paint your water tank" and "how to stop algae growth in your water tank". Good luck with that. Best modify that frame to protect the nipple. You know they will scratch on it and snap it off.
Al thought you were really smart to figure that all out!🙂 Great job!!
Thanks! 😊
Stay blessed ✝️ 🇺🇸
Have a great day
Thanks, you too.
Very well done.
Thank you kindly!
Great job Nate!
Thanks!
Nate, great job as usual, hope the piggies didn't knock it over.
Not yet!
For professional advice on raising pigs in the Saledin Method, if you want to go to a commercial scale down the road, Farm Builder channel is excellent.
Thanks for sharing!
it would be nice to have the water filled by a rain gutter. A small shade lean-to with a metal roof can collect a lot of water.
That is our long term goal as we rotate the animals away from the house
If nothing else they are going to enjoy this as a scratching post. Hope it works out for watering.
HAHA, it is dual purpose. They figured it out quite quickly :)
The bottom of the legs support should have been put on the inside, no spacer needed.
Also the rear of the barrel should be higher by 1/2" - 1" so all water slopes towards the nipple.
Paint or use the blue barrels blue = 💧 water. And keeps algae down.
I only use black barrels for water I want 🔥 hot. The black draws in the sun's heat.
You will also need a screen or cover for your large fill pipe or you will have bugs. Beetles & mosquitoes larvae in your water barrel.
Most I have seen use this type setup apply a bit of peanut butter to the nipple for a day or 2 just to get the pigs to learn what they are supposed to use the contraption for. Haven't saw many get by with just throwing it in and letting the pigs figure it out, 1 guy I knew did get by ok but his was a case of the piglets imitating mom who learned to use it via peanut butter .
They figured it out without the need of using any lures. :)
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Never put a barrel sidewaya before. To keep pigs from destroying the nipple connector we use 6 to 12 in long, 1/2 in galv nipples and galv connectors to step from 3/4 fitting to half inch size of nipples (galv and pig). That way I keep the barrel on the Outside of their fencing because our 500lb Tamworth breeder boar destroys everything.
That is a big boar. We did make a modification with the nipple to make it metal on metal so the pigs didn't break it .
Do your pigs have a wallow ! As hot as it is, maybe you should make them one.
Yes, they have a wallow and also plenty of places that are fully shaded to stay in a cool area if they want.
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Put peanut butter on the nipple it'll help them find the nipple quicker👍🤗
You could wrap the barrel in black plastic...they might eat it or tear it off though...I'd put a removable plug on the inlet to keep debris & bugs out...looks good...now just gotta get those pigs to figure out how to use it...they're smart so I'm betting they'll figure it out
They figured it out in less time than it took to build :)
I was just wondering depending on how long that water sits inside that container with it being in the sun or the heat won’t it grow algae ?????
It will likely start growing algae in a week if in the direct sun and no treatments added
Make a loop with some wire wrapped around the nipple and then secure it to the vent pipe at pipe I had to do the same thing to make sure it didn't get broke off Mine was tied up to the cage on the IBC tank
Good tip, thanks
I have seen some people put peanut butter in the nipple to get the pigs to use it. Don't know if it would work.
I am sure that would work well. They figured it out really quickly and are using it regularly.
42 gallons in a 55 gallon drum!!!
Get a contractor garbage bag, and gift wrap the barrel in black plastic
Good idea.
You said bunghole..huh.huhhhu..hu..hu
He did, several times. LOL
peanut butter on nipple...
WOW!!! you really know how to over complicate something so simple, you really need to stop over analyzing things and keep things simple, its a pig water barrel that will get knocked over and rot with in about 2 years.
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gobdogman aren't you just a ray of sunshine!
Hmmmm…I wonder if a pig barrel gets knocked over and rots within about 2 years because the maker didn’t think it through or course correct per his design not the pig barrel’s?