Frostbite - 1st occurrence

[Clairenh]

I raised my waterers it helped some. But I have one idiot that just loves to stick her face in and blow bubbles! (Not really but you get the picture). Best wishes

I cringe whenever I see the girls dunk their wattles into the water, then wander off in the freezing cold. Ouch!

 

[MissChick@dee]

I cringe whenever I see the girls dunk their wattles into the water, then wander off in the freezing cold. Ouch!

I know...right?

 

[Cyprus]

Well I mean bird brained came from somewhere, right?

 

[Acre4Me]

We tried to use a bucket with horizontal nipples, and a heater/de-icer inside, so no wet wattles. But BOTH de-icers didn’t work... bucket froze up barely below freezing (inside coop). Then, we tried a bucket heater. This worked, but temp was around 80F (as stated on package). But, the problem was that the welds on the wire cage (keeping the heater element away from plastic bucket sides) was rusting. We are not sure if birds refused to drink this water due to the temp of the water or all the rust. We cleaned it out daily to try to remove rust, but it got rusty fast. They know how to use nipple waterers, so that wasn’t the issue. However, we ended up with a heated dog bowl elevated pretty high, but quite possibly they were walking around with wet wattles.

 

[Eggcessive]

I use the heated dog bowls as well.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Me too...raised up so far no waddles are burnt just tall single combs, typical.