Granny's gone and done it again

[Wishing4Wings]

When is the snow going to stop around BYC? I am starting to feel snowed in!

I was just thinking they should have some fireworks for new years.

 

[CapricornFarm]

If she could handle a yak she wouldn't have a problem toting water.
I get water from my gutters on the coop but i don't use it in winter due to freezing.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

HOW about a giant water tank and then a stock tank type heater in it. You would only have to fill occasionally ??

 

[Granny Hatchet]

well bandit is only 40/50 lbs . so 5lbs of water wont help.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

HOW about a giant water tank and then a stock tank type heater in it. You would only have to fill occasionally ??

I dont know what that is. I know you keep your gas in it but thats all.

 

[twisted-acres-farm]

looking for pics of what I mean

 

[Wishing4Wings]

slight uphill hardly noticeable and yes from faucet to coop. It Might be 125 I am going by what I believe my hose to be. It reaches just to the coop .

Ok, so my idea is to try to make it easy to drain the hose... be able to drain it without having to pull it or roll it up. If you could hang it over a rafter or over something high up, tie it up there with a long enough piece hanging over into the coop to get to the waterers. Then when you are done and turn the faucet off, all you would need to do (ideally) is unscrew the hose from the faucet and let the water drain out onto the ground. Reattach it after it drains, before it freezes. Any chance that would work? I don't know your set up. Maybe attach the hose along a fence or something to keep a level downward slope.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Gosh wouldnt it be nice to have a sink by the coop with warm running water like the house where you could scrub everything down including your hands ? I dont know about you guys but I always manage to get chicken poop on my hands when I water . LOL

 

[CapricornFarm]

slight uphill hardly noticeable and yes from faucet to coop. It Might be 125 I am going by what I believe my hose to be. It reaches just to the coop .

So it is simple, after you fill your waterers, unhook the hose from the faucet and it should drain out. I did that most of the time in TN unless it was really cold and i wanted to give them hot water.
It is a wonder you don't have an electric wheel chair with snow chains on the wheels you could use.

 

[CapricornFarm]

looking for pics of what I mean

Look in farm and garden on Craigslist.