heated waterer

  1. doughouse

    Electrical fire from heated waterer

    We bought a Premier 1 three-gallon heated waterer right before the winter of 2020-21, and I've been nothing but happy with it until today. I went out to check the flock's food and water this afternoon and was surprised when I lifted the waterer that it felt much heavier than I expected. I...
  2. ChicksofHeaven

    Heated waterer/ can you teach old chickens new tricks?

    Hi all! I have taken on my sister in law’s hens as she went south for the winter. I’m in south east South Dakota where temps hover around freezing through daytime hours, below freezing over night and it will dip even colder, single digits and -0 before winter is over. For that reason, I...
  3. Plastic waterer on standard heated base . .

    Plastic waterer on standard heated base . .

    For those of you who are not interested in building your own heated solutions, here is a way to keep your plastic waterer from freezing and ALSO keep it from getting damaged by the heated base. Use wood to keep the plastic waterer from resting directly on the heated base. I made an oversized...
  4. Turnips

    Coop and Water Heaters Keep Breaking

    First time chicken owner here, and I was wondering if anyone else had trouble with their heated chicken tools breaking very quickly. I have a coop heater and heated water bottle that both came from tractor supply, and both stopped heating after about 4 weeks. The water bottle actually only...
  5. Emak2323

    Farm Innovators 250 Watt Stock tank deicer - question!

    Hey all - I recently got the 250 Watt Stock tank deicer. The instructions mention two things: 1. don't use an extension cord (which I would need to), and 2. Install a ground rod 8 ft deep. Have others done this?? I can't find anything in other articles or posts about this. Temps are already...
  6. 3 Gallon Heated Waterer

    3 Gallon Heated Waterer

    This heated waterer holds three gallons of water, which lasts my 35 chickens almost exactly one day. It's hard to fill from the bottom, even though they claim that it has an easy fill funnel. Whenever I use it, water spills over the funnel, somehow gets past the waterproof seal where the cord...
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  7. ChickenyChickeny

    Problem Solver OR Problem Maker?

    Nipple waterers. Do they solve problems, by not spilling as easily as bucket waterers, or do they make problems because they are finicky? I am asking because I want to find a waterer that doesn't spill to easily (I have big problems with water spilling in the coop in winter, so, frostbite :( )...
  8. JDGreene

    Paver and Stepping Stone Heated Waterer. (Modified form of the cinder block and light)

    This is what I made. The pic pretty much sums up how it's made. The scale might be off a little. Instructions: 1) Put down one of the stepping stones and level it. This is important to have your waterer level when finished. 2) Stack the pavers as shown on top of the bottom stepping stone. You...
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
  9. R

    DIY vs Big box Winter water supply

    So I’m considering an idea I have involving a pond pump or fish tank heater in my existing waterer. Maybe both together and maybe some foam board insulation. My current waterer is basically a rectangular bucket with the cup things and hangs on the run fence. So I can box the outside in...
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