After 2 years of hauling water for the several different founts I had for my birds, I was finally able to purchase The Chicken Fountain. I got the ten nipple fountain and installed it in my new chicken run and couldn’t be more pleased. I do have a buried water line to the fountain and it is in the shade so I don’t have any problems with the water being warm. However, frozen water bottles can be placed into the main water housing to cool the water. In addition, I have on multiple occasions unscrewed the end nipple to let the water flow thereby replacing the water that was in the fountain.
I chose to install the fountain in the middle of the run so the chickens can access BOTH sides of it. I nailed a strip of 1x6 to the fence post to hang the fountain on. I did go ahead and string some wire from the fence post to the 1x6 so they wouldn’t be tempted to roost on it. You know those crazy chickens.
To explain the heated fount hanging upside down: Since we don’t have many days (2 weeks max) cold enough to freeze the fountain, I choose to temporarily use a heated fount instead of insulating the Chicken Fountain on those few days. I installed a water cutoff to the fountain so I could stop the water and drain it if necessary.
I chose to install the fountain in the middle of the run so the chickens can access BOTH sides of it. I nailed a strip of 1x6 to the fence post to hang the fountain on. I did go ahead and string some wire from the fence post to the 1x6 so they wouldn’t be tempted to roost on it. You know those crazy chickens.
To explain the heated fount hanging upside down: Since we don’t have many days (2 weeks max) cold enough to freeze the fountain, I choose to temporarily use a heated fount instead of insulating the Chicken Fountain on those few days. I installed a water cutoff to the fountain so I could stop the water and drain it if necessary.