Heated water bottles for chicks

[joebryant]

Does anyone have one of these or know anything about them?
I'm thinking of getting one to use for watering small chicks.
It fills from the top.
Seems to me that it'd be easy to maintain clean, fresh water for the chicks.

http://www.amazon.com/Farm-Innovato...1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1265025439&sr=8-1

 

[Gonzo]

Hey Joe! That looks really neat! I've never seen anything like it! I may have to get one! I checked out your link.. $23.00. not bad! I have a heated dog water bowl in the coop now, and they get that think filthy!

I may be ordering this!

 

[Neil Grassbaugh]

Forget it. It will not work in a satisfactory manner for chicks. Look at the nipple design. It is for gnawing, licking animals.

 

[joebryant]

gonzo&hispeeps :

Hey Joe! That looks really neat! I've never seen anything like it! I may have to get one! I checked out your link.. $23.00. not bad! I have a heated dog water bowl in the coop now, and they get that think filthy!

I may be ordering
this!

WHAT! Your heated dog water bowl gets filthy. How on Earth does THAT happen. You must be doing something wrong.

Just kiddin'. It just infuriates me the way those chickens use the edge of the bowl for a daytime roost and crap in the water. Grrrrrr.

I'm not sure that this water bottle would solve the problem though. Seems it's advertised more for chicks; probably larger chickens would cause the water to flow out, but I'm just supposing.​

 

[joebryant]

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Maybe, but it shows a chick on the front.

 

[Gonzo]

It figures! I wish there was a cheap easy fix for the nasty water bowl. I'm the one who gets goat-roped into cleaning it daily, the kids won't go near it!

 

[Neil Grassbaugh]

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Sure looks like a parrot type bird rather than a chick to me. And I belive those type birds gnaw. At least the perches used for any of then I ever saw were gnawed on. Chickens seldom gnaw on their roost poles.

 

[joebryant]

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Sure looks like a parrot type bird rather than a chick to me. And I belive those type birds gnaw. At least the perches used for any of then I ever saw were gnawed on. Chickens seldom gnaw on their roost poles.

Hmmmm, looking closer, I'm thinking that you might be right. Okay, maybe someone with rabbits will buy one, try it out on chicks, and let us know. That ain'ta gonna happen, is it?