What kind of heated waterer do you use?

[AmyBella]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

We use the Little Giant Heater Base coupled with an eight gallon double walled waterer. Here is a link and photo:


http://www.hotshotproducts.com/media/image/1/hb125_hi.jpg

http://www.hotshotproducts.com/page/1/Product-Detail.jsp?groupId=306&prodId=43081

This is what I use with a galvanized waterer. No complaints so far!​

 

[kelidei]

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I had the same ones and I HATED them too--- same problems--- I broke down and bought the 2 gallon galvanized waterers and then bought the heaters that go under them--- a little pricey for the heaters but it has made my life 100 times easier. The waterers I got are covered and very hard to spill.

http://www.mcmurrayhatchery.com/large_galvanized_waterers.html

 

[FaereChicken]

Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay :

We use the Little Giant Heater Base coupled with an eight gallon double walled waterer. Here is a link and photo:


http://www.hotshotproducts.com/media/image/1/hb125_hi.jpg

http://www.hotshotproducts.com/page/1/Product-Detail.jsp?groupId=306&prodId=43081

We have that one, and it works very well - on its second winter.​

 

[DeGriz]

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Thanks for the reply. Actually I have this same one and do use it occasionally.. the problem is that with 25 chickens.. it empties fast.. plus it gets absolutely filthy as they stand in it and whatnot. I was looking for something a little larger and covered... and that can take a little abuse as sometimes the goats get into this thing and knock it over. I don't know.. just interested to hear the strategies out there on this.

I picked up one of the 1 1/2 gallon plastic heated pet bowls from Fleet Farm similar/same as the one posted previously, been using it outside in the run for about 4 weeks now.

Zero freeze up, Works perfectly.

Have had temps down to -10F (minus 24 windchill) and I can see steam rising from the bowl.

I have it sitting on top of a couple concrete blocks, this helps keep it from getting a lot of junk inside (but then I don't have goats;-) and my birds seem to have no interest in perching on the rim. Easy clean up, just dump it and wipe it out.

Inside I have the Heated metal base, with a 1 gallon plastic waterer sitting inside a 10" pyrex pie plate to keep the plastic from melting. This set up works well for me, but then I only have ten hens to deal with.

I tried using my 3 gallon plastic fount on the metal base with a ceramic tile in between but it only worked down to 20F degrees as the heating element does not extend all the way to the outer edges of the base so while it keeps the water in the fount from freezing it doesn't where the water comes out for drinking.

If I had more birds I guess I would use the 3 gallon metal fount on top of the metal heater inside for sure. After all that's the way they designed it.

 

[RocketDad]

Light bulb in a one-hole (square) cinder block. I glued a cake pan over the hole in the block with silicone sealant to put the waterer into.

Random 40W bulb.

 

[JMPE]

I have a bucket with nipples that hangs in the coop. I have added a bird bath heater to the bucket (running the cord up the chain I hang the bucket from), and it's been perfect. I love the nipple watering system. Keeps the water completely clean. I have suplies for a second bucket, but the one lasts so long, I haven't bothered.

 

[bukbugack]

Heated Dog Bowl, Heated Dog Bowl, Heated Dog Bowl.

I tried the heated font with the hole in the bottom. NG.

The thirty bucks I spent on a good quality heated bowl was worth every penny. Mine is raised up on bricks topped with a 12" square piece of slate. It keeps the water wet and is easy for both the birds and for me.

 

[Tala]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=273203

$20 at TSC. Liked it so well that I bought a second one

Doesn't really fit in my chicken tractor though, in there I just hang a 60watt black light bulb in a brooder reflector a few inches from the surface of the water. It's working so I haven't rigged anything fancier.

 

[bukbugack]

Heated dog bowl