How do you get water out to your coop?

[Friendsmom]

Having a rain barrel is a winner for us And we collect rainwater for heavy dew off the roof of the hen house. We have attached a dual spigot where one is open to fill buckets or wash things. The other is connected to a hose that runs to dribblers for the chickens and then to a pan of water for the ducks. The pan has a auto-fill gauge so it turns off when it is full. We’ve been mostly successful in making the gauge duck-proof, but every once in awhile, in their swimming fun, they knock it out and it drains the barrel. This doesn’t happen often. (Winter is another story.)

 

[ElizaMay]

My coop was formerly my barn for horses. We excavated a ditch below the frostline and brought up into an insulated box, heated with a lightbulb, cause nobody really enjoys hauling multiple 5 gallon buckets through ice and snow.
Unfortunately, hubby did further excavating and severed the hose a couple years after the horses were gone, do now we bring chook water by hand, and have heated waterers for winter.

 

[goldenyears]

We had a 100' hose from the nearest frost free hydrant for years, and carried water in winter, more like 150', from that hydrant to the coop in winter. Finally, about ten (?) years ago, we dug a line to the coop for another frost free hydrant, right next to the coop. Wonderful!
We overwinter 35 to 45 chickens, and carrying water to them is just too much work!
Mary

My well head is near the coops. I wanted to add a freeze-proof hydrant and was told code requires me to bring it from the house due to “back flow” possibly spoiling the well.

 

[7 Biddies]

Hey, I am remodeling my chicken coop and I thought it would be efficient if I could get water out to the coop. So, I wanted to know how you guys got water out to your coop or what natural methods you use?

I have gutters on my sloped coop roof, that empty water into a 55 gal rain barrel, that supplies my waterer. The pvc pipe out the top of the barrel is a toilet float that indicates the water level.

 

[goldenyears]

I have I believe a twelve gallon waterer. I clean and fill it once a week. I empty it and bring it over to the house and clean and fill. It cart it back over about 150' to the chickens using a hand truck.

Wow! One gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, so that’s 96 pounds to cart around - I hope it lasts a long time!

 

[Coops Dad]

We use 5gal buckets with a window cut in the sides, placed in several spots in their runs. I plumbed the pasture fence line with 3/4" pvc and spigots so we could run a couple garden hoses to fill the buckets easily. It took a burdensome job and made it far less so, plus I earned some hubby credits.

 

[Sono]

Hey, I am remodeling my chicken coop and I thought it would be efficient if I could get water out to the coop. So, I wanted to know how you guys got water out to your coop or what natural methods you useAt the time I built my coop where we lived at the time, my coup was for 6 chickens and I improvised a self contained watering system with a 5 gallon water jug inside, plumbed to drip waterers on the lines. 3 waterers inside and an outside line that can be turned off for the winter months. I dont heat the coop but there is 1 heat lamp that keeps the coop just warm enough the water jug doesnt freeze and the chickens are still outside on their own in the winter months as usual . I have the jug plumbed to a gutter systen so rain fills the jug and when it doesnt rain I use a hose to fill the jug by the gutter system. It needs a little tweeking but since we moved and plan to get a lot more chickens I am going to sell this coop and build a larger coop ( more like a shed ) with a large run next to the garden... got that fertilizer where it needs to be ! During harsh winter months I will cover the run to keep the cold air out as well... works fairly well for the most part. The new larger coop will have an automatic door to simplify things as well.

 

[Kellow1]

I recently installed an outside faucet next to the run door. I use a 25 ft hose to put water out for my chickens.

 

[Kellow1]

We use 5gal buckets with a window cut in the sides, placed in several spots in their runs. I plumbed the pasture fence line with 3/4" pvc and spigots so we could run a couple garden hoses to fill the buckets easily. It took a burdensome job and made it far less so, plus I earned some hubby credits.

I "love" the helper you are holding there! LOL

 

[Sono]

Just went out to fill the feed pail and throw som scratch... Took pictures of my setup. after it is moved to the rear of the property and enlarged with the garden I will trench and add water line to a spiggot so I wont have to run a super long hose out. My current setup.