Good afternoon all!
I have received such great information here in the past, so i have another situation id like some advice on. I live in upstate ny (30 min north of Albany) and we get some good winters with snow and below zero temps. I do not have heat in my coop, never have. My coop is 16’x8’ with a wall height of 6’ at eaves and 8’ at peak. We have 32 laying hens. I built a pvc waterer that holds two 5 gal water jugs and i use the water nipples from heritage acres. We get a lot of dribbles from this many hens and it makes a bit of a mess in the coop. The first concern is water in winter. I have a small 3 gal heated waterer i got at Tractor supply, though 32 hens go through it quick. Does anyone have any insight on other ideas to have bulk water and it not freezing? I am a contractor so i know my way around a hardware store though havent seen much there that would help this. I use sand as my floor covering and at first it was great. Though the drips from the waterer make quite the mess. Ive put in a floor drain though it gets mudded up. Should i move the water outside? Food too? I have more questions, though this is our first round haha. Thank you
I have received such great information here in the past, so i have another situation id like some advice on. I live in upstate ny (30 min north of Albany) and we get some good winters with snow and below zero temps. I do not have heat in my coop, never have. My coop is 16’x8’ with a wall height of 6’ at eaves and 8’ at peak. We have 32 laying hens. I built a pvc waterer that holds two 5 gal water jugs and i use the water nipples from heritage acres. We get a lot of dribbles from this many hens and it makes a bit of a mess in the coop. The first concern is water in winter. I have a small 3 gal heated waterer i got at Tractor supply, though 32 hens go through it quick. Does anyone have any insight on other ideas to have bulk water and it not freezing? I am a contractor so i know my way around a hardware store though havent seen much there that would help this. I use sand as my floor covering and at first it was great. Though the drips from the waterer make quite the mess. Ive put in a floor drain though it gets mudded up. Should i move the water outside? Food too? I have more questions, though this is our first round haha. Thank you