Author: Anna & Mark

Beautiful chicken photos

September 20, 2010 Posts No Comments
Australorps and a Leghorn

Shoshana's chickensOur
chicken
photo contest ends
tomorrow — don’t forget to enter!  We’re receiving so many
wonderful images that I suspect I’ll be posting about them for another
month.



The photo above came to
us from Michael Lindeman, who emailed: “Your product is a no
brainer.  Easy to install and easy to use.”  I had to email
back and ask him about his chicken varieties because I loved the
striking black of the Australorps and white of the Leghorn.  What
a great way to turn your whole flock into a work of art!



Shoshana Glick,
meanwhile, sent me the other two photos in this post — clearly, her
chickens live a good life!  I’m pleased to see that our automatic chicken waterer works just as well for the
chickens who have it all as for the farm flock.



House chickensFinally, I’ve been meaning to
post this glowing testimonial from Eve Torrence:



Wanted
to let you know that my 3 ladies are loving the waterer.  It took
them no time to figure it out and I know they like the clean fresh
water on these 100 degree days.  I’ve been showing the waterer to
all my chicken owning friends and I think they will be ordering from
you soon.



Thanks for the kind
words and the great photos, everybody!

gallon tank waterer

September 17, 2010 Posts No Comments
Homemade chicken waterer using an elevated 55 gallon tank and a pipe with nipples.

I posted about Diane
Watson’s homemade
chick waterer
earlier, but I thought you’d also like to see her setup for the adult
poultry.  This is a very elegant solution for the farmer who
really doesn’t want to have to worry about her chickens’ water on a
daily basis (or her ducks’ water, as the case may be.)



Diane built a tower to
elevate a 55 gallon drum, into which she installed a 2-way valve. 
She emailed:


One
side of the valve feeds water to the 2″ pvc pipe with 3 nipples via
a length of hose.  Gravity does all the work.  The other
valve is the
inlet to simply connect the garden hose for no-mess filling or flushing.



Homemade duck watererThe
other image shows her ducklings, now six weeks old, drinking from one
end of the waterer in the big picture.  She wrote: “The hanging
chain can quickly be adjusted up as the ducklings grow bigger.”



Diane is clearly a
poultry lover, and also a great DIYer.  She finished her email
with this note:


Additonally, we have a similar DIY setup
in the barn, except there are six valves on the 55-gallon drum,
providing water to 4 brooders, the ducks’ night pen, and the 6th valve
is used to either fill or flush the drum.  This setup also
includes a handy water level indicator on the outside.



I would have submitted a picture of
this also, but it is a very poopy picture!!!  The chickens and
guineas roost in the rafters directly above the drum and hoses! 
Plus, it’s very difficult to get a clear photo of the waterers inside
of the brooders in the barn, the lighting is just not good
enough.  You’d be impressed, though!



Diane is right — I’m
very impressed.  Thanks for sharing this great setup!



If anyone else wants to
follow in Diane’s footsteps, our 10 pack
DIY chicken waterer kit is a great place to start.

Homemade chick waterer

September 15, 2010 Posts No Comments
Chick brooder made out of a cardboard box with homemade chicken waterer

I like the simplicity of
many of our customers’ chick brooder setups.  Clearly, our homemade chicken
waterers fit into
the systems easily, keeping the brooders dry while using up very little
space.  Here’s what Nicki from Wisconsin had to say about her
homemade waterer (pictured above):


It took about five seconds for the chicks
to figure out what they were doing with the nipple.  We tied the bottle to a chair leg
and hung it over the box. We nearly had a stampede to get to it and
play in the water!

 

We still have a water bottle waterer
for the chicken walker/cage that we push around the yard for
them.  We
have a dog that “Plays” with them to death hence the need for the
chicken walker.

Half grown chicks drinking from a homemade bucket waterer

Thanks so much for your great
product!  Enjoy the pictures.


The image to the right shows
Jamie David’s half-grown chicks, upgraded to a bucket waterer.  Meanwhile, lest you
think that only chickens can take to our waterer, two of our customers
sent in photos of other types of poultry in action.  The image on
the left below shows two day old ducklings and guinea keets drinking
from Diane Watson’s waterer.  She emailed that the waterer is made
“using a 4″ pvc pipe cap as the reservoir.  It holds a quart of
water, easily refills from the top, and does not take up valuable
brooder floor space.”  On the right, you see Barbara’s two week
old chicks and guinea keets drinking from her own homemade chick
waterer.


Ducklings, keets, and chicks drinking from homemade chicken waterers


If you’re looking
for a quick, easy, and effective waterer for your brooder, the best way
to start is with one of our DIY chicken waterer
kits.