Restore rusty waterer?

[NuggetTheChicken]

Yes, that is working fine for Chickens, but i have Ducks!
The ducks would use this bowl as a bathtub and splash all the water around…

According to this review, it works for ducks. It allows them to dip their heads in and keep their nose clean.View attachment 1992833 View attachment 1992834

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

So there is this paint I used to paint our old rusty propane tanks, its specifically for painting propane tanks. It works freaking awesome! I painted them 5 years ago and they still look brand new. You could give it a shot?

 

[RichardB-SETN]

Thanks for all the replies!

I absolutely have to work to prevent freezing water, even in Tennessee .

I have carried frozen solid plastic waterers in the past. I have had some success with a small tank deicer in a 5-gallon plastic waterer that had a float and a lid. The problem with that setup was the float inevitably water-logged and allowed the waterer to drain into the coop. I actually went to the galvanized metal waterers to avoid the trouble I had with plastic waterers.

I hope to get some more use out of the galvanized waterers before I scrap them and shell out for new ones.

 

[aart]

You built your own heated waterer?!
Where is the article about that???

On my articles page

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

On my articles page

Great! Thank you very much for the idea with the aquarium heater. I must adapt that for my ducks as they won't drink from nipple waterers…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

According to this review, it works for ducks. It allows them to dip their heads in and keep their nose clean.View attachment 1992833 View attachment 1992834

I haven't said it would not work for ducks, it actually would work all too well for them and they would turn their living room into an ice-skating range in no time, leaving the heated water bucket empty…

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

I haven't said it would not work for ducks, it actually would work all too well for them and they would turn their living room into an ice-skating range in no time, leaving the heated water bucket empty…

I get it, ducks are pretty messy with their water.

 

[NuggetTheChicken]

I wish I still had ducks .... Even though they are messy, they are just too darn cute!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I get it, ducks are pretty messy with their water.

When it starts to rain cats'n dogs, your chickens will run inside, my ducks will run out.

And look like piglets in no time…

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I wish I still had ducks .... Even though they are messy, they are just too darn cute!

My wife doesn't want chickens, she says they are too loud. Now we have 29 ducks and when they come asking for their supper bowl, the squirrels drop dead from the trees around the house…