Luckily a heated chicken waterer can help make winter care a little easier.
Backyard chicken coop water heater.
Intersperse a few reused water bottles filled with water among the dark containers.
Set your harris farms or free range poultry drinker on this base to prevent water from freezing down to 10 degrees fahrenheit.
Can be used with plastic and metal drinkers.
Disconnect when not in use or use a thermocube to turn the unit on when temperatures reache 35 f.
Chicken water heater thermostat controls some chicken water heaters come with thermostats that kick in as soon as the temperatures drop below a certain level.
Chicken water heater electric cord.
In the winter our fight begins with freezing temperatures freezing wind freezing water and frostbitten combs.
If you build a heater and it cools off too soon before the sun rises add more insulation and be sure a wooden box is built around the unit.
The temperature last night hit 30 and wind chills where down to 40 i installed 2 cozy coop heaters i have 11 chickens and one duck we had 2 but one got attacked by a timber wolf as well as 3 chickens even with all of that and extra bedding and extra draft protection it tough keeping things warm enough the coop was down to 10 we are.
Place metal or plastic waterer on top of the water heater when freezing temperatures are anticipated.
Winter brings many challenges for the backyard chicken keeper and frozen water is chief among them.
May be used outdoors in a dry covered area.
Make sure that the product with this feature is trusted because if it malfunctions it won t thaw your chickens water and chickens will dehydrate.
It is just as important to provide fresh clean water for your flock in the winter as it is in the summer.
Under 10 10 minutes.
The best chicken water deicer water deicer with guard and 6 foot cord capable of keeping up to 15 gallons of water fresh and not frozen comes with adjustable clamp so you can firmly fix deicer to water container.
The base is thermostatically controlled and has 125 watts of power.
Plug into a gfi outlet.