Surviving Minnesota!

[Cluckies]

Odd

Right?
I think my bird-bath deicer in my bucket is 250W, their heater is 60W, but it is built in, so.... I still think we need some testing...

 

[Cluckies]

Found it on amazon with some reviews, I think it is still pretty new so not many... Farm Innovators heated horizontal nipple waterer

One guy stated this: The manufacturer states it should keep water flowing down to -10 deg F (-23 C).

Excellent, one guy on there is monitoring and updating as he goes, so far:
The first test used no extension cord in our storage room which got down to 25 deg F overnight. The water in the bottom cups of the nipples was still liquid at that temperature when we woke up in the morning. I have now moved the waterer into the coop where it is quite a bit colder. We've had zero problems yet. I am keeping a running record of how cold the temps are outside the coop where the waterer is stationed.
UPDATES - Temperature & Performance [Overnight Low, deg F / Result]
+25 / No Freezing, liquid in cup
+15 (for 24 hrs) / No Freezing, liquid in cup
+ 4 / No Freezing, liquid evaporated in cup


He is doing our testing for us! excellent...

 

[Tfred1399]

Looks like some minor frostbite on Sentry's wattles. When things got real cold this week, I went to a rubber pan with bird bath heater in It. Guessing while we were gone he got them wet drinking. Maybe I'll go back to a quart waterer that I swap several times.

The pan hasn't frozen at all outside, but I don't like the frostbite.

 

[BantyChooks]

Looks like some minor frostbite on Sentry's wattles. When things got real cold this week, I went to a rubber pan with bird bath heater in It. Guessing while we were gone he got them wet drinking. Maybe I'll go back to a quart waterer that I swap several times.

The pan hasn't frozen at all outside, but I don't like the frostbite.

PC?
Frostbite stinks. Even my PCs have some now.
The males on the right and left are the ones with frostbite. Middle one has been untouched so far.

 

[Tfred1399]

PC?
Frostbite stinks. Even my PCs have some now.
The males on the right and left are the ones with frostbite. Middle one has been untouched so far.
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Yep. Coconut oil? Or just change back to the waterer rather than the pan?

 

[BantyChooks]

Yep. Coconut oil? Or just change back to the waterer rather than the pan?

I would change back to the other waterer if you're dedicated enough. As for coconut oil, that's personal choice, but it's not going to heal frostbite that has set in already.

 

[Tfred1399]

Then I won't worry about the oil. I just change the waterer a couple of times a day. I really liked the other setup, bit don't know how to keep him out of it.

 

[BantyChooks]

Then I won't worry about the oil. I just change the waterer a couple of times a day. I really liked the other setup, bit don't know how to keep him out of it.

Yep, winter water is not very much fun. Even my female birds are getting frostbite on their wattles this year... most likely during the day when they do not have their heads tucked in, I'm thinking.

 

[Tfred1399]

Yep, winter water is not very much fun. Even my female birds are getting frostbite on their wattles this year... most likely during the day when they do not have their heads tucked in, I'm thinking.

So I'm learning. Last week they finally quit laying too.

 

[BantyChooks]

So I'm learning. Last week they finally quit laying too.

We ought to organise a group flight to the Carolinas.

By the way, Sentry is a cute name.