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100lbs of ice seems like too little for 125 birds, for easy math let's say 5lbs per bird that is 625lbs of meat you are trying to chill from body temp down into the 30s.

Last night they were even like that with water, their waterer(horizontal nipple in plastic jug) did not run dry but when I filled it they swarmed, so I then added the glass jar chick waterer and they swarmed that, so then I added a plastic bowl with some water just to get them to spread out...

Now you are making me curious and I might have to get a scale to check mine. Based on the way they act when they see me and I feed them I am starving them to near death, almost worried I might not get my hand back, but their plump bodies indicate they are eating well, a number to compare to...

Pump might help efficiency by letting the element heat cooler water rather than heating hot water too much.

Air bubbles will create a lot of cooling via evaporation. Not sure on temp tolerance but Harbor freight has small pond pumps for $6-12. Might even just be able to put a shield around the element to force it to pull cold from the bottom and create some convection.

Think of the bird as mass, for simple guestimation let's call the bird equal to 1 gallon of water BUT one gallon you are not heating much, after all you are just dunking enough to heat the skin enough to get the feathers to slip and the bird is starting around 100F, not like you are adding a...