waterer help please

[RonP]

Heat the nesting boxes to stop eggs from freezing.
Forever Water Heater one that lasts.
Unfrozen Nipple Watering for those cold days.
Removing dust the easy way.

 

[Elemes]

This is what I'm trying this winter.
Costs you less than $15 and requires electricity. From the-chicken-chick.com

 

[Auntie Moose]

This is what I'm trying this winter.
Costs you less than $15 and requires electricity. From the-chicken-chick.com

I like this idea a lot! I'm sure my DH could make this.

 

[GC-Raptor]

[COLOR=797774]Heat the nesting boxes to stop eggs from freezing.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=797774][COLOR=B42000]Forever Water Heater[/COLOR] one that lasts.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=797774]Unfrozen Nipple Watering for those cold days.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=797774]Removing dust the easy way.[/COLOR]

Hey Ron, I like the heated base as I've read that the ones you buy only last a couple of years and at $50 to $60.
I have nearly everything maybe even the pot. I will have to see it my spare heat lamp fixture fits the old pot.
As for the eggs, most are laid by noon. And with my work schedule I am home most of the day. I will just ask the girls to keep the eggs warm as I am able to check several times a day and food and water are kept in the coop.
Thanks for the info. GC

 

[wamtazlady]

Last winter I experimented with a 15 gallon plastic tote, horizontal nipples, and a stock tank heater. My coop is in NW Montana and waterer was kept outside in the run. Run was enclosed in plastic to make for a wind free place for the birds to hang out. My watered stayed thawed even when the night temperatures went down to -10 degrees F. This winter I may get a larger tote as the stock tank heater is rated for keeping more than just 15 gallons of water thawed.

 

[crealbilly]

This is what I'm trying this winter.
Costs you less than $15 and requires electricity. From the-chicken-chick.com

Thats kind of a good idea but you know its hard to get a decent incadesent light bulb that lasts these days. You may want to try a rough service incandescent bulb instead of the regular junky bulbs they sell at walmart and dollar stores. If you read the reviews on that web page you'll see mention of a lot of light bulb failures.

Heres info on rough service incandescents.
http://www.bulbs.com/learning/roughservice.aspx

Good luck

 

[Elemes]

Thats kind of a good idea but you know its hard to get a decent incadesent light bulb that lasts these days. You may want to try a rough service incandescent bulb instead of the regular junky bulbs they sell at walmart and dollar stores. If you read the reviews on that web page you'll see mention of a lot of light bulb failures.

Heres info on rough service incandescents.
http://www.bulbs.com/learning/roughservice.aspx

Good luck

Actually the day I went to Home Depot for the kit they also had a bunch of great quality bulbs on discount so I bought a bunch! Must have been "kismet", isn't that what they call it?

 

[crealbilly]

It's not setup right now because it's summer.

But this is the bucket:
http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/allied-precision-heated-flatback-bucket-5-gal?cm_vc=-10005

Then I just put an aquarium or pond pump sized for the flow and height I need in the bucket. Hook one end of the nipple piping to the pump and the other just drains back into the bucket.

Ok got it so the heated 5 gallon bucket keeps the water warm enough not to freeze. Then you must have poked a hole in the bucket to allow for a pipe to mount your nipples. You keep warm water moving through the pipe with a small pump. moving water will not freeze as easily as still water.

Pretty smart idea - thanks.

 

[greenfeathers]

No hole in the bucket. Just a submersible pump which I got at a hydroponics store.

Like this https://www.amazon.com/EcoPlus-7283...d=1470237372&sr=8-1&keywords=hydroponics+pump

Pipe or tubing goes on the pump and out the top of the bucket. Just need to loop the other end back to the bucket to be reheated. Pick a pump based on the height difference of your bucket vs your nipples to make sure you'll get some flow. I used flexible tubing and just zip tied the open end of the loop to the tube coming off the pump to aim it back into the bucket.

I tried an aquarium heater in a regular 5 gallon bucket before the heated bucket and it did not heat the water enough. Froze in the lines. So I found the heated bucket and moved my setup which just involved replacing the bucket.

 

[crealbilly]

No hole in the bucket. Just a submersible pump which I got at a hydroponics store.

Like this https://www.amazon.com/EcoPlus-728310-Submersible-Pump-396GPH/dp/B0018X2XT4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1470237372&sr=8-1&keywords=hydroponics+pump

Pipe or tubing goes on the pump and out the top of the bucket. Just need to loop the other end back to the bucket to be reheated. Pick a pump based on the height difference of your bucket vs your nipples to make sure you'll get some flow. I used flexible tubing and just zip tied the open end of the loop to the tube coming off the pump to aim it back into the bucket.

I tried an aquarium heater in a regular 5 gallon bucket before the heated bucket and it did not heat the water enough. Froze in the lines. So I found the heated bucket and moved my setup which just involved replacing the bucket.

Thanks so you just pump the heated water out of the top of the bucket then.

If you were going to design a "system" for 56 birds and 4" pvc pipe for nipples thats 40' long. What do you think would work?