Help! Water in waterer gets too hot in this 100+ weather

[lesley7244]

I have a couple different watering systems I'm using. I have your classic dish with the screw on jar that works like a dog bowl. But, I have been trying out an automatic system with PVC and water nipples. Everything is getting too hot, even the water in the basic waterer.

How can I store water for an automatic system and run it into a PVC pipe without it coming out so hot? My goal/plan is to collect rainwater into a trash can, then use that. How would I insulate that? Would a sheet of radiant barrier cloth work? Would that just reflect heat into the chicken pen?

I am going to cross-post in the coop design, but it seems to apply to feed and water too.

 

[Roxannemc]

I saw someone put a container underground buried so thecooler dirt 2 ft down keeps it cooler summer/warmer not sure how they got water back up

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

I have a five gallon bucket with poultry nipples on the bottom that I have covered with Reflectix radiant barrier insulation. I have all sides covered and it keeps the water up to 20 degrees cooler than at the hottest part of the day. On extremely hot days (110+) I put a frozen gallon jug of water into the waterer to make it very cool.

 

[ellandeeranch]

I've set up several mister nozzles in my runs. If I keep a waterer in the shade with a mister near it, the water is TONS cooler. I just bought the mister nozzles, 1/2" PVC, hose adaptors, and went to work with the glue.

 

[lesley7244]

I have a five gallon bucket with poultry nipples on the bottom that I have covered with Reflectix radiant barrier insulation. I have all sides covered and it keeps the water up to 20 degrees cooler than at the hottest part of the day. On extremely hot days (110+) I put a frozen gallon jug of water into the waterer to make it very cool.

This is what I was thinking. Except, you have the nipples on the bottom of the bucket. I was wanting to run a pipe from the bucket. I think if I insulate the pipe, the chickens will eat the insulation. The reason for the pipe is to allow use in both the coop and the pen. I can use one big collection point for rainwater.

 

[7L Farm]

I have a five gallon bucket with poultry nipples on the bottom that I have covered with Reflectix radiant barrier insulation. I have all sides covered and it keeps the water up to 20 degrees cooler than at the hottest part of the day. On extremely hot days (110+) I put a frozen gallon jug of water into the waterer to make it very cool.

Off subject but how do you have grass growing in your run. Looks nice!!

 

[NovaAman]

X2 on the grass..

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

Off subject but how do you have grass growing in your run. Looks nice!!

X2 on the grass..

Thanks. It's pretty much the only grass that we have on our property. We lay sod down right after the first frost of the year (Nov.), which kills the grape leaves and allows sunlight to reach inside the run. I only have seven hens, they free range and they don't hang out much inside the run during the winter. They use the cooler weather to explore other areas of the yard that are intolerable during the hotter parts of the year. I do occasionally have to lock them up for a week or so at a time and it's nice for them to have something green to eat. As spring/summer comes on the grape vines begin to block out the sun and by the end of June, almost no light reaches the grass. Spring is also when the chickens begin spending most of their time in the run sheltered by the grape vines. The increased usage combined with lower sunlight and higher temperatures kills the grass by July. It's a small expense for seven months or so of green grass.

 

[City farm]

I have a five gallon bucket with poultry nipples on the bottom that I have covered with Reflectix radiant barrier insulation. I have all sides covered and it keeps the water up to 20 degrees cooler than at the hottest part of the day. On extremely hot days (110+) I put a frozen gallon jug of water into the waterer to make it very cool. [COLOR=005CB1] [/COLOR]

again you have another fabulous idea!!

 

[sbonsai]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but this is exactly the kind of solution I was looking for. I have a connected coop and run, but I would like to put the waterer and feed in the run for easy access. I was concerned about the waterer getting too hot, but a reflective material would probably do the trick. Anyone tried this and know how it holds up in the weather? From what I am finding, this radiant barrier material is made to go inside a roof.