Heated chicken waterer?

[Ilovemychicks08]

Open waterers get very dirty. We have them but are getting tops to go over them.

 

[Sally PB]

I had my first batch of chickens using a nipple system. Then I realized my rooster hadn't figured it out. I saw him sitting down, and I swear he looked skinnier...? It dawned on me he was dehydrated! I brought back the open waterer, and he tanked up.

My chicks this year learned the nipple waterer. Then it started leaking. So now I'm not sure if I'm going with two heated water bowls, or one bowl and a heated nipple waterer. I have seen that they will chose an open waterer over a nipple, just because it's easier.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I had my first batch of chickens using a nipple system. Then I realized my rooster hadn't figured it out. I saw him sitting down, and I swear he looked skinnier...? It dawned on me he was dehydrated! I brought back the open waterer, and he tanked up.

My chicks this year learned the nipple waterer. Then it started leaking. So now I'm not sure if I'm going with two heated water bowls, or one bowl and a heated nipple waterer. I have seen that they will chose an open waterer over a nipple, just because it's easier.

What heated water bowl did you use?


I have also looked at these do they work

https://www.farmandfleet.com/products/1063517-farm-innovators-heated-2-gallon-poultry-drinker.html

 

[Sally PB]

What heated water bowl did you use?

https://www.petsmart.com/dog/bowls-...MIjNTxi-De8wIVdwaICR2Hwgt8EAQYBiABEgJo9PD_BwE

I don't know if this is the exact model, but the same idea. Look for "heated dog bowl."

IIRC, it was about $40 at TSC.

 

[Silexian]

I was wondering if anybody has used one of these.
https://www.farmandfleet.com/produc...4fT3ZqBRz7fElt1jD4MMQh7iuyku27EBoCdwcQAvD_BwE

If you get that kind of heated fount. Get the Little Giant brand. The Little Giant tanks have a reinforced band around where it attaches to the base. Making them much easier to reattach to the base. I had the cheaper ones. It is no fun struggling to get the base on and/or having the base fall off. Spilling water all over you in single digit temperatures.

 

[Happy hen lover]

I'm thinking of getting this: https://www.premier1supplies.com/p/heated-poultry-waterer?cat_id=141

Debating if the extra cost is worth it once I include the value of my time and buying a good-quality deicer.

I know me too. I bought a stock tank heater pictured and will put it in trash can with horizontal nipples this year. The side broke out of plastic trash can from the ice expansion of deep freeze. Hoping that will solve problem.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I ended up buying this. There is a 1 year warranty if anything goes wrong. It reached a little below 32 degrees this morning. Thanks for all the help.https://go.skimresources.com/?id=65...2de226b9d7&xjsf=other_click__contextmenu [-1]

 

[ellend]

No I haven't tried that one. I have never had any luck with that type of waterer. When I tried using one it leaked all the water out in a matter of an hour or so. That type of waterer has to be kept perfectly level or it does not work correctly.

AWFUL!!! kept coming apart, water soaking me!

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

AWFUL!!! kept coming apart, water soaking me!

I didn't like the way that the top went onto the bottom and latched. But the one I bought the chickens arnt drinking out of is there something I can do to teach them?

 

[aart]

HN's are the best IMO...less mess and no evaporation.

I didn't like the way that the top went onto the bottom and latched. But the one I bought the chickens arnt drinking out of is there something I can do to teach them?

I've had all age birds either pick it right up within an hour...and others that take weeks to really figure it out.

Here's my thoughts on 'nipple training':
First, it's good to know how much water your flock consumes 'normally', I top off water every morning and have marks on the waterers so I know about how much they drink.

Found they drank just as much from the nipples as they did from the open waterer.

-Do not train to nipples during extreme temps when dehydration is more of a risk.

-Show them how with your finger(tho that might just train them to wait for your finger),
and/or manually grab them and push their head/beak onto the trigger(easier with chicks than adults).

-No other water source, best to 'train' during mild weather when dehydration is less of an immediate health risk. I do provide an open waterer late in day to make sure they don't go to roost dehydrated, especially young chicks.

It can take days or weeks to get them fully switched over, just takes observation, consistency, and patience.