If you don't want to flood out your chickens, you will need to have a drain or draining system. This doesn't fill and then stop. It overflows and drains into your coop or run. Design flaw.As all farmers do, we continue the design process for lazy product engineers.As you see in photos, I made a simple lift and overflow drain system.1 plastic bowl (think dollar store)Pea gravel (or larger rocks would also do)2 plastic strawsSome low temp hot glue (to seal around straws)When the overflow reaches straw level, it will drain outside of the run. The rocks help keep straws in place and help to level the water bowl.Also, you'll need a spacer for the top cover if you buy it (sold separately and highly recommended) so the birds can get their head inbetween. I went to the plumbing store here called Grover's Plumbing, showed them what I needed and they found all the right pieces to space and screw together the whole ensemble.Overall, it's decent and compact and provides a constant supply of water. Make sure you do not full blast your hose into it, as the inner valve is not rated for city water pressure. I have mine on a very slow trickle and it keeps the bowl full and overflowing.It was definitely more work and cost than I expected. It's NOT a plug and play item. You will need to fix the overflow issue in design flaw.
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[4 of 5 Stars!]