I am looking for some new and easy ideas on watering. we have some ideas but i need some inspiration
Ive read the page on here where they give ideas for automatic watering. but not much pictures so its not much help
I need ideas for my meat coop, all i know is they will be fed and watered outdoors since they won't see the winter. the hens will be fed and watered indoors since they are in a more permanent residence and will be wintering with us.
my husband is toying around with the idea of putting a 55 Gallon (barrel) up on the rafters of the shed and have the water come down to the chickens automatically. he would do this with nipples and pvc pipping. and the water would be fed into the barrel with the outdoor hose. seems nice in theory but there is the problem of freezing in the winter, and the fact that only one half will be used all year long.
so will the other half need to be shut down while not in use?
For heating the water to keep it from freezing i had th eidea of putting an aquarium heater in the water because i don't feel safe mixing with electricity and water (lightbub in a bucket of water idea) and aquarium heaters are submergeable anyway. How do i combine my heating idea with something so big? and will my little heater actually supply 55 Gallons of cold water
how do we know if our rafters can support that much weight
Would it be easier to just get a regular old plastic container for the meats?? I don't have anywhere to hang it so we would most likely put it on bricks
(they are really messy right now in the coop because their run isn't done and our current temporary watering system isn't working and its driving me nuts how much they stink)
any ideas are appreciated, and pictures are definitely helpful
Ive read the page on here where they give ideas for automatic watering. but not much pictures so its not much help
I need ideas for my meat coop, all i know is they will be fed and watered outdoors since they won't see the winter. the hens will be fed and watered indoors since they are in a more permanent residence and will be wintering with us.
my husband is toying around with the idea of putting a 55 Gallon (barrel) up on the rafters of the shed and have the water come down to the chickens automatically. he would do this with nipples and pvc pipping. and the water would be fed into the barrel with the outdoor hose. seems nice in theory but there is the problem of freezing in the winter, and the fact that only one half will be used all year long.
so will the other half need to be shut down while not in use?
For heating the water to keep it from freezing i had th eidea of putting an aquarium heater in the water because i don't feel safe mixing with electricity and water (lightbub in a bucket of water idea) and aquarium heaters are submergeable anyway. How do i combine my heating idea with something so big? and will my little heater actually supply 55 Gallons of cold water
how do we know if our rafters can support that much weight
Would it be easier to just get a regular old plastic container for the meats?? I don't have anywhere to hang it so we would most likely put it on bricks
(they are really messy right now in the coop because their run isn't done and our current temporary watering system isn't working and its driving me nuts how much they stink)
any ideas are appreciated, and pictures are definitely helpful