Hot Chicks - The Chicken Thread

[jwirecom109]

31 hatched this month.
Mixed breed

[Hillbillyreefer]

The girls here went on strike during that crappy weather over Remembrance Day, we haven’t had an egg since. Tomorrow morning their coop/run is going to be moved into its winter spot. Then next week I’ll hoard the whole thing in to keep them happy for the winter. And rig up the heated drum waterer so I can quit swapping frozen ones out every day. Work smarter not harder.

[Dewey Cox]

The girls here went on strike during that crappy weather over Remembrance Day, we haven’t had an egg since. Tomorrow morning their coop/run is going to be moved into its winter spot. Then next week I’ll hoard the whole thing in to keep them happy for the winter. And rig up the heated drum waterer so I can quit swapping frozen ones out every day. Work smarter not harder.

In all your spare time, could you snap a picture of your heated drum waterer?
We're just running a 5 gallon heated waterer for the winter, and my wife is getting cranky about filling it every day.

[Hillbillyreefer]

Sure, we just finished the move. It’s not thermally efficient yet. I’ve got a froth pack of polyurethane that I’ll eventually spray it with and then the plan is to coat that with spray on box liner to keep the birds from ruining it.

I’ll grab some pictures tomorrow.

[Hillbillyreefer]

In all your spare time, could you snap a picture of your heated drum waterer?
We're just running a 5 gallon heated waterer for the winter, and my wife is getting cranky about filling it every day.

It’s just a threaded lid drum, with some nipples and a hole for the cord of a heater to pass through. Nothing fancy.

It works well for turkeys and chickens, ducks aren’t fond of it but it keeps them alive.