Avian Aqua Misers prevent chicken pecking

January 27, 2010 Posts No Comments

Rhode Island Red in front of a homemade chicken watererWe’ve
been getting a lot of great photos and feedback from past customers
about our automatic chicken waterers.  The photos shown here
are by Octavius Baker, who says:


Anna, here are my waterers in
action.  I LOVE THEM, thank you!!!  I’ve
made some upgrades in the last week and will send those to you as
well. 
Thanks again.



I’m looking forward to
seeing more photos, Octavius!  Meanwhile, Titus wrote in to say:


I am noticing that all the pecking that
the pullets get in with our older birds…after we switched over [to
the Avian Aqua Miser] – we don’t have as much pecking on the weaker
birds.  Our birds have never had such gorgeous plumage!  Add
that to your list of perks!

Chickens using a homemade waterer

We’d noticed the same
thing, Titus!  In fact, we now include the Avian Aqua Miser in our
list of tips to prevent chicken pecking.

We also got a sweet note from Sara in Oakland who said:


Nice to hear from you.  Your message
gives me the excuse to write and tell you how much our 2 chooks are
enjoying their waterer.  They took to it right away, and it makes
things much easier for us as well.



Thank you all for the
kind words and great photos!  They brighten a cold winter day.

Chicken waterer giveaway

January 20, 2010 Posts No Comments

GroundhogWe
know that budgets are tight, but everyone deserves a bit of a treat as
we slowly work our way towards spring.  So we’re holding another
chicken waterer giveaway!



When: Email us by Groundhog’s Day
(February 2, 2010) to enter.



How: Send us one (or two, or
three, or ten!) digital photos of your Avian Aqua Misers in action.



What: One randomly selected person
will win a 5 pack DIY kit.



We’ve really enjoyed
seeing the
ingenuity with which many of you put your DIY kits together — keep those
great ideas flowing!

Homemade chicken waterer uses toilet float to stay full

January 18, 2010 Chicken Waterers 15 Comments
Homemade, automatic chicken waterer with reservoir


We’ll return to our regularly scheduled chicken tractor construction info later in the week, but I got
an email from a customer that I wanted to share.  Jon Miller contacted me a few weeks ago to ask if he could put our chicken nipples directly into a water hose and leave it turned on so that he’d never have to refill his chickens’ water.  I told him that our nipples are meant to be used on gravity pressure only, but Jon wasn’t deterred.  He emailed me again last weekend to say:

 

I’m sending you some pics so maybe it will help someone else.  I wanted a way so I did not have to refill their water.  So I took a five gallon bucket and put a toilet float in it so it would stay full.

 

Automatic chicken waterer reservoir with toilet float

 

Then I just ran the water from the bucket to the chicken waterers.  Put water inside the coop and outside.  I know the chickens are really going to like these in the summers here in Arizona.  They will always have fresh clean water.
I loved your idea for the waterer for the chickens.  I have had one for my dogs for years.  They are great.  Thanks again.

 

Chicken waterer nipples in pvc pipe


Thanks for sharing, Jon!  I love your solution, and I’m sure your chickens do too.