Broke riser of irrigation pump. How I attempt to repair with least amount work Possible ways to recycle PVC fittings: Only way I tried: 1) Heat Gun 2) Douse with Primer and light on fire couple times? For in the field, expedient use 3) Use small saw to cut inner pipe in sections and chisel out 4) boil the fitting 5) Stainless Steel coupling that fits snug- heat it up : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE07JmVF27w I would have used this last method if I'd of known about it: 6) PlumBest J44075 Socket Saver, 3/4-Inch https://amzn.to/2LIpxxQ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ-8no9muVc

Last 4 years we have tried several chicken raising methods. First we had several large mobile "hoop coops" I moved every couple days and we let the hens out in morning and tried to persuade to go back into before dusk with food- not always easy - some want to stay out till dark. Until the hens were full size or most likely 1-2 years old and smarter we had many hawk losses and they would get ran over with golf cart. We also had dogs get in through chicken wire and kill 56 hens in one night. I started making mobile pens/tractors after that, but watering and moving tractors involved more time caring/watering and was very tedious without paid help. They also take 2-3 days to make and couple hundreds dollars for materials each. Then I built a central roosting and nest area and just let the poultry free range, but the losses were well over 1/2 our flock and we have 5 1/2 acres of weeds around trees that need hand pulling so probably 1/3 of the hens started preferring laying in them instead of nests. The eggs we collected did not even cover 1/2 of daily feed cost not to mention winter months when they molt and lay no eggs for 3 months. They became a major nuisance having over a 100 chickens waiting on back patio to be fed. Finally decided best approach is to go back to mobile pens and build some smaller mobile pens to verify a hen is laying at least 3 eggs a week. If a hen lays 2 eggs she can just free range the farm. We have about 10 roosters (couple mobile pens have roosters in them as certain customers prefer fertilized eggs) and 3 dozen hens free ranging. The rest are in mobile pens ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31smssuh6BQ