Configure Feeding and Watering Systems

very cool so the water that i have in here and you can see what chickens can destroy they will destroy they've already kicked up a bunch of this new straw that i put in into the water that's okay you got to clean the water about once a week kind of a saturday or sunday chore chickens are chicken they're scared of you so you see how they run away from me every time i get close to them that's perfectly normal guys this is a latch mechanism that i use on my chicken coop and i also have that latch mechanism right there in case we make a boo-boo we always close each one of these latches this is a swarm trap for my honey bees that's honey bee jail now over here on the outside of the coop this is the coop sleeping area and we call that the run this is where the birds sleep and they eat okay we'll open this guy up same latch mechanism also put some bolts on here too this latch works the best this is like a gate latch you can get it for like four bucks at your local home improvement store so inside here are the nesting boxes we have one two three four five six seven nesting boxes right here and right here is our hanging feeder okay this feeder is hanging by a little hook and a chain and the reason it's hanging is because if it's close to the ground the chickens will do this okay they'll take their foot and they'll peck that stuff out and they'll waste it i use pellets okay layer pellets and those