Waterers!

[bills]

I have a 2 gallon galvanized waterer, and have had no leaking problems at all. Maybe there is different qualitys of them, or perhaps the trigger device was faulty?

The first galvanized waterer rusted up to the point that the trigger device, (lets the water out at the bottom when the lid is put on) fell right out. That one only lasted six months.
I took it back to the store (Buckerfields) and they gave me a new one, with no hassle at all. I'll keep my fingers crossed on how long this one lasts, but if it rusts, I'll try taking it back again.

I like the homemade type as shown, but a standard waterer in stainless would be the cats meow!

 

[BlueMoon]

It gets cold enough here that i don't want to use the plastic, as the waterers may need to sit on the heater. Jarhead, thanks for the great idea and site and thanks to the ingeniously designed one CJeanean.
But I'm with Mountaintopchick. Just counted - for about 120 chickens, we have five plastic waterers from quart sized to 5 gallons and all in between. I think most are Little Giants. Only one is really a hanger type, which mean the other four get filled with debris. All get slimey and the hanger one is easily knocked into, so there's alot of spillage as well as soaked floors and litter.
We also have about seven galvanized hanging waterers, I think two gallon to five gallon range. If they freeze, they contort, but they can sit on heaters until then. But they leak and leak and leak. About half are Little Giants - can't remember the other brand. Most are less than a year and a half old.
So it definitely would be cost effective for us to find a stainless steel, high quality non leaking hanging waterer. We have a few hundred dollars of waterers out there that are simply not cutting it.
If you find one, please let me know! Thanks!

 

[mountaintopchicken]

BlueMoon- isn't it weird that no company makes one? I would seriously spend a good amount for one, if I knew it would last for years. I've looked in every supply catalog I can find, including pigeon supply catalogs, and even suppliers in the U.K.

Haven't found one yet. Sometimes I think I should find a way to get some made and start selling them. It seems there would be a big demand for them amongst the seriously chicken-addicted folk.

 

[Jarhead]

Perhaps this would work for you, it is SS.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dog-1-8-Gallon-...0990963QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

You could add a heated base for it to sit on if you needed to.

 

[BlueMoon]

Thanks for the idea Jarhead, but won't work for me as plumbing to the coop is impractical. I have to carry up water come the cold weather. Steep hill, lots of ice, not fun!

 

[cjeanean]

Here are some pics. I put mine on a couple cinder blocks on a level area of floor so that the base is sturdily supported and to keep is off the ground. Hope this helps! And to give credit where credit is due, THIS IS NOT MY IDEA! I copied off some other genius on BYC, but I don't remember who. So, thanks to whoever you are for the idea! LOL!

BTW: A half cup of apple cider vinegar per 5 gallons of water keeps the scum from building up AND gives your chickens a boost of vitamin C. Don't use it in metal waterers, though, just plastic!

Oil pan and bucket lid

There's a rubber seal around the inside edge of the lid. Don't damage it!

Two holes near the base of the bucket....Usually I make the bottom hole larger than the top, and on my other waterer I screwed up how high I wanted the water level to be in the oil pan, so had to add a few holes higher up to deepen the water level.

This is a short bucket, those holes aren't as far up as they seem!

Here's the bucket with tape covering the holes.

Fill it up, put the lid on tight, carry it out to the coop, put the bucket in the oil pan, and pull the tape. The water will only come up to the highest hole, so make sure the highest hole isn't too far up! I make my water level about an inch lower than the lip of the oil pan.

Oh, and here's a pic of our feeder. I bolted the oil pan to the bucket for this, that way I can carry the whole thing by the handle. Can't bolt the waterer cause I don't want to risk leaking. I have some holes chopped around the base and the feed automatically comes through.

 

[Mahonri]

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I'm a long distance from there so...

 

[Ottoman]

The roof hangs over the back of the coop to give a dry storage space. I put a rain gutter and 55gal barrel to catch rain water to water my Chickens.

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Items needed;
55gal barrel
water faucet
2 rubber washers
2 metal washers
2 flat Nut
rain gutter with 2 caps, & drain spout
wire screen
self chicken water
Length of hose with female threads fittings at both ends.
2 concert blocks


Instructions;
Drill a whole the diameter of the threads of the faucet, 5 inches from the bottom of the 55gal barrel. Insert metal washer and then rubber washer on faucet, insert faucet through the hole in 55gal barrel. On the threads of the faucet that is inside the barrel place the rubber washer then the metal washer. Next tighten the nut on the threads of the faucet.
In other words it should be: insert metal washer, rubber washer on faucet threads. next; insert faucet into hole drilled five inches from bottom of barrel. Now; insert rubber washer, metal washer, on faucet threads that is sticking thought hole in barrel. Tighten nut onto faucet threads, this should seal your barrel from leaking and you should have a faucet sticking out of your barrel five inches from the bottom of barrel.

Put up gutter on your Chicken coop just as you would for your home. [This is very easy to do.]

Place your barrel on concert blocks under your gutter drain spout. Place the screen over top of barrel and saucer it with bungee straps so it will not come off. [This is to keep out bugs and leafs from the barrel.]

Connect water hose to faucet and to auto water. Fill barrel and your good to go.

I have lived in Florida all my life, so I don’t know how to solve the water freeze problem

 

[2manyhats]

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We use the hexagon type as well. They don't leak. The round ones that we bought at TSC leak alot. We will have to change the watering system for the winter as it gets very cold here. I don't want to crack those good waterers.

 

[lurky]

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We use the hexagon type as well. They don't leak. The round ones that we bought at TSC leak alot. We will have to change the watering system for the winter as it gets very cold here. I don't want to crack those good waterers.

I think i have already tried every waterer on the market and i agree on the 3 gal hex. I use that one and the one gal waterers regularly now.