verloncox
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Post by verloncox on May 29, 2010 8:22:32 GMT -6
Does anyone out there have a unique way to water their animals? I am thinking about trying to run a pvc pipe from a 275 gallon tote with individual nipples to each of my pens. I want to set it up now before I get older and cant get around real good. It takes a LONG time for me to feed and water and I am a fanatic about clean water (I have ducks). If anyone has any experience with what I am considering give me a holler, it would be appreciated.
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Post by Timbo on May 29, 2010 19:23:27 GMT -6
verlon i have been wanting to try this method also but have been afraid too from articales I have read about them.
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verloncox
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Post by verloncox on May 29, 2010 19:27:41 GMT -6
I know Timbo, it seems that sometimes it causes more problems then its worth. I was looking at a system today that used a toilet float to control the water flow. I have to come up with something........
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Post by gardendaddy on May 30, 2010 11:51:15 GMT -6
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Post by herb on May 30, 2010 11:59:40 GMT -6
They make watering systems for poultry. The problem with all the watering systems is winter - freezing.
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verloncox
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Post by verloncox on May 30, 2010 12:00:30 GMT -6
Mike,
I actually looked at those and that is honestly one of my options. The only problem is that others out there that have used them have some mixed opinions of them. Also, with the amount of birds that I have I would need probably thirty or more of those things. I free range most of the birds but I have bantams and babies in their own pens. I would need at least 8 of them in there alone.
Verlon
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Post by gardendaddy on Jun 1, 2010 12:51:30 GMT -6
WOW, That is a lot of birds and watering needs. I will keep thinkng! Good luck.
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roho
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Post by roho on Jun 6, 2010 7:10:56 GMT -6
I have a watering system I made for my Rabbits with a 5 gal Bucket and a Fill Valve for a Toilet and I have a water hose ran to it and it cuts off and on just like a toilet when it fills up then I have a hose ran to each cage with watering nipples on them. but it don't work in the Winter. and I don't know if a chicken will drink from a nipple?
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Post by spamela on Jun 10, 2010 15:57:38 GMT -6
I bought something like one of those automatic waterers gardendaddy is linking to and it works great for me. I got mine at Tractor Supply. It's metal so it can sit on a heater in the winter. If the water gets dirty you just dump it out and let it refill. I actually have two.
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Post by spamela on Jun 10, 2010 15:59:43 GMT -6
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Post by myers38034 on Jun 12, 2010 20:06:04 GMT -6
pvc is great we have them set up for quail an game
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Post by jmashburn on Oct 1, 2010 22:21:47 GMT -6
I have 4 in pvc pipe that I cut holes in to use on the big birds and i have the cup with ball floats for the small ones i am also going to order me the nipples from FARM TEK they are fairly cheap as for winter you can get the small elect water heaters that keep water from freezing FARM TEK ph is 1-800-327-6835 they will send you a catalog in just a few days their web site is www.FarmTek,com
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Post by chowdownsilkiefarm on Oct 3, 2010 13:17:47 GMT -6
What we do for winter is use sthe heated dog water bowls. The large ones for the coops. Which last year we only needed one so we have to get 2 more this year. As far as the quail I'm just going to use a heat lamp till I figure out something else.
I saw on another site where you can make your own heater by using one of those cookie cans and you cut a hole big enough for a light socket to go in and reinforce it with wire and a screw through the can. You don't want to place this can on top of straw or wood chips of course because of the chance of a fire but yu can put it up on some bricks and set your water bowl on top of it. You don't want to use a high watt bulb just enough so the water won't freeze. A think layer on top is okay because they can peck through it. To make a heater for the coop you do the same thing except you want to use the large popcorm can and a higher wattage bulb. It will put off enough heat the chickens will crowd to it for warmth. If your coop or pen is draft free it will actually heat the coop or pen enough to keep them from frostbite.
Right now i've got more birds than i've ever had during winter so we have to get creative. WE have to put up panels on the coop today to cover the wire. Ours is open in the summer so they get a breeze. The quaila re going in the shed and the grower pen will have panels atatched to it also because they have a heat lamp anyway. the shed will just be extra protection. The layers will g in there too and will be covered but will only have the light on for 16 hours. I'll see how it goes as far as frozen water for them since this is our first year with quail. If it freezes i'll just remove the water at night. The rabbits we have a supply of 2 liter bottles so when they freeze up all we have to do is thaw out the nipple and put it on another bottle. The other pens will have a heat light on their water. Last year when it got so cold we moved the chickens into individual small pens with heat lamps in them. they didn't like being so confined but everybody made it through the coldest of the cold unscathed. I've processed a large amount of the layers and left enough to keep a good flow of eggs through the winter for hatching and less to have to tend to in the cold.
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