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Biologrady said:
I have a similar brand. Can't see it in the picture, but the electrical cord is connected to a flat, foil-covered plate that is tucked against to plastic bottom of the bowl. This is my plan:
I currently put my plastic waterer inside a slightly bigger plastic pan, like the kind under a flowerpot ( keeps spills to minimum, those waterers are so shallow!). I figure if I take the foil plate off the dog bowl and sandwich it directly under the waterer it will have good contact and I can keep using my regular waterer with minimal spills. I'm afraid a big open pet dish will just lead to wet, cold, mad chickens!
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The one I have is from TSC, it is higher and deeper. The heating element is inside the blue dish. It is high enough for my girls to drink and not go in the dish. I got the one from walmart on clearance for my sillie run, its shallower and I think will be perfect for the silkies. Got it after winter so haven't ised it yet. The one from TSC worked awesome. The cord is covered in metal coil to prevent chew through. TSC also had heaters that go into the dishes,like pond de-icers.

It is pouring here like a monsoon. My son is at football practice. :( We just had some lightning. We have weather warnings on the tv and text messages. Last night between 2 -4 inches of rain already for my area and expecting up to 4 more inches. My road is flooded over. My baclyard now has a river going down the hill.
 
BirdbyGavin1103 said:
Quote: The only way to really eliminate flies is to get rid of the poop. I completely cleaned all pens, even hosed the runs, last week & the flies are so much better. Even if you just wash away the loose stuff from the top layer of soil in the runs it helps immensely.

barbiegirl said:
Quote: I have mostly watwerfowl at this point & have been comsidering doing 1 big pen for all of them for the winter. Then I would onlty need 1 pool & 1 deicer for them & something for the chickens, who I was also thinking about pitching in together for the winter. That would only leave turkeys & quail to get water to (guineas are already joining the chickens). I may even toss my trio of slates in the coop for the winter. I just need to get some more roosts in there since a few of the birds seem to0 think my nesting boxes make good roosts. A couple of my roosts weren't up very well (thank JJ for that 1
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) & collapsed when the birds started to get too big. I think I should have plenty of room to combine them for the winter once I sell/process the spare roos & sell the extra guineas. The quail are either on the sale list so I don't have to deal with them for the winter (got rid of most last winter too) or will be heading back to the basement once things begin to freeze, which I really don't want to do. Only concern I have left then will be the call ducks since I'm a bit afraid to stuff them in with the geese for the winter. They may end up in with the chickens.
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SilkieSensation said:
The only way to really eliminate flies is to get rid of the poop. I completely cleaned all pens, even hosed the runs, last week & the flies are so much better. Even if you just wash away the loose stuff from the top layer of soil in the runs it helps immensely.
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we Give them fresh bedding every 3/4 days, and completely clean out and hose the coop out once a week, mayne we will start hosing it out twice weekly and see if that help. we have to have atleast 100 flies in there if not more.
 
wingstone said:
Blarney,,,''''''I am interested in those bantam Cochin, when you going to the dragon?
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I was shooting for tonight, I've got a Wyandotte Roo that needs to go...but am in Delco with my Mom right now and don't know if I'll make it back in time to drop off at 3:30. I'll shoot you a PM if I head out that way.
 

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