gallon heated chicken waterer

September 24, 2012 Posts 7 Comments
Large chicken waterer

Mounting a tank chicken waterer



I obtained an old steel
truck rim that would fit the container I bought at Atwoods in Tulsa,
OK…which holds about 40 gallons.



I cut the outside of the
rim (approximately 1 inch wide), drilled holes in the steel circle in
which I bolted three triangulated legs.



I also installed steel
wire in the feet of the pipe legs to keep the legs from squatting under
the weight of 40 gallons of water.



The legs are adjustable
with the nuts that can be seen located between the two pieces of pipe
that are the legs.





I installed four of your
automatic waters in the bottom (sealed with
silicone sealant) of the Chicken nipples in a homemade chicken watererplastic barrel. I set the
barrel in the ring, filled with water, then installed a stock tank
de-icer (which keeps the water at approximately 62 degrees). During the
recent below zero weather we experienced in the Tulsa area, none of the
nipples froze (with the de-icer operating inside the barrel). My 24
hens adapted within 4 hours and now have clean water 24/7.

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.

Heated PVC pipe chicken waterer

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Heated chicken waterer diagram

PVC chicken waterer

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 watererHere 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 watererin 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 pipedrink upstairs.
 
Thanks again for a great product and great service!


Two story chicken tractor



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.

Homemade heated chicken waterer

September 24, 2012 Chicken Waterers No Comments

Heated chicken bucket watererSick of leaving your flock thirsty on cold winter mornings and breaking ice out of traditional chicken waterers?

Rooster in the snow

Our customers churned up a lot of great ideas last year in response to our photo contest, and my favorite homemade heated chicken waterer is shown here.  Lu Ann and Christian Chicken nipples in heated watererShank designed this waterer together, sandwiching heat tape between two buckets.  The great part about this design is that the outer bucket acts as a lip that protects the nipples, allowing you to set your waterer on the ground as you fill it.  Our kit provides step by step instructions for replicating their success using around $26 of additional parts.

 

Do you have an even better solution for keeping water flowing in the winter?  Perhaps you’ve designed a waterer that fills with rainwater caught your roof?  Or have you added an entirely different inventive twist to our do it yourself kit?  I hope you’ll email your photos and description to info@avianaquamiser.com so we can share your innovations with the world!