Duncan wrote in from
North Carolina to share the heated chicken waterer he built with one of
our DIY kits:
I Love
your product!! The girls love it to! They instinctively knew right away
what they were and how to drink from them.
![Valve drains waterer]()
Here are some pics of how I
installed the water system. We live in NW North Carolina in the
mountains. Winter can get pretty cold here so I added heat tape to the
4′ PVC pipe water tank and built it into the chicken tractor. The tank
holds about 2.6 gallons. This will give some aux heat to the upper
section and also help to keep the water from freezing![Heat tape chicken waterer]()
in really cold weather. The heat
tape turns on if the temp drops below 35 deg F and turns off at 45 deg
F.
The tank feeds the 3/4″ PVC pipe (3 ports) in the lower section and has
3 ports in the bottom of the tank as well. I could add heat tape to the
lower section or just turn off the water valve to that section in
winter and let them![PVC pipe waterer fill pipe]()
drink upstairs.
Thanks again for a great product and great service!
your product!! The girls love it to! They instinctively knew right away
what they were and how to drink from them.
installed the water system. We live in NW North Carolina in the
mountains. Winter can get pretty cold here so I added heat tape to the
4′ PVC pipe water tank and built it into the chicken tractor. The tank
holds about 2.6 gallons. This will give some aux heat to the upper
section and also help to keep the water from freezing
tape turns on if the temp drops below 35 deg F and turns off at 45 deg
F.
The tank feeds the 3/4″ PVC pipe (3 ports) in the lower section and has
3 ports in the bottom of the tank as well. I could add heat tape to the
lower section or just turn off the water valve to that section in
winter and let them
Thanks again for a great product and great service!
Stay tuned for more
details on Duncan’s innovative chicken tractor in a later post.
His inventions didn’t stop with the waterer!
| We recommend our 3 pack DIY kit for making a heated waterer for up to 50 chickens. The CD that comes with each kit includes complete instructions to help you build our favorite heated options without any trial and error. The heated waterer we use in our own coop requires two buckets, a three foot length of pipe heating cable ($23), and the contents of our kit. With a layer of chicken-friendly insulation, the waterer is good down into the teens. |
