Heated chicken bucket waterer good to below

Heated bucket chicken waterer

Chicken nipple bucket waterer

I bought a 5 gallon
heated bucket from the local farm store.  [Allied Precision
Lockndry 5 gallon bucket — $48.95.]




Cut out the false bottom
that made up the cord storage compartment, leaving a rim.




Installed the nipples and it works great.





Hanging chicken watererThe space left buy the false
bottom is deep enough to protect the nipples when the bucket is set on
a hard surface, and helps to trap some warm air in the recess. I have
an insulated unheated coop and had no freeze problems down to 20 below.
I did make a wood top with 2 notches to slip the bucket handle through
to keep the birds from roosting on the rim.





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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.

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