4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Barkisland]

No, I need one of these

http://www.meyerhatchery.com/get_item_hpfn_heated-poultry-fountain.htm

very badly....Wouldn't you think some clever British person would make them (and sell them on Omlet)?

[badgerbluebadger]

no more hot kettle in the morning routine! mm good idea me thinks

[Redwing]

That is so

[mrsallen08]

Oh very clever! BUT for £20- £30 now dollar is slipping... maybe not!

[Barkisland]

I don't think it would work in the UK in it's present form - the Yanks have thin electricity!

If there was some way of converting it for UK use, I'd have one whatever the price

[Happy chickens!]

How about one of these? https://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/Poultry_Drinker.html

I haven't tried it - have spend enough in the last month on my new friends!

[Barkisland]

Aaah, brilliant! Thanks for that link. May be worth a try

[chocchick]

It says it only works to 0 degrees, so below that you'd still have problems anyway.

But it is cool

Now I need one that stops chickens putting their muddy feet in the water

[Happy chickens!]

One of my girls likes to warm her feet in the morning in the nice fresh warm water!! I find the glug too much trouble to move in and out all the time, so I've got a 'mushroom' drinker, plus a big heavy plant saucer which I fill with warm water - and she definitely likes a paddle in that!!! Will hopefully stop that when the freezing weather ends.

 

Does your girl manage to wade in a 'mushroom'?!

[Ygerna]

I use one of these at the moment. I refil the Glug everymorning with warmish water, then after a couple of hours I activate the handwarmer and pop it in. Then at night, I empty the glug out, remove the gel pad and re-activate it by boiling, ready for the next day.

 

http://www.oscardehn.com/motherandchild/handwarmers.asp

 

It seems to be working okish as it keeps one side of the glug free from ice, may get a second one for the other side.

[Angels4]

No, I need one of these

http://www.meyerhatchery.com/get_item_hpfn_heated-poultry-fountain.htm

very badly....Wouldn't you think some clever British person would make them (and sell them on Omlet)?

 

I bought one of these............it didn't work and the water froze solid the very first night I used it cracking the plastic Luckily when I returned it the clerk gave me a credit towards a galvinized steel one with a heated base (platform thingy). The only problem I have with the galvinized steel is I can't put ACV in the water.

[sandyhas3chucks]

I use one of these at the moment. I refil the Glug everymorning with warmish water, then after a couple of hours I activate the handwarmer and pop it in. Then at night, I empty the glug out, remove the gel pad and re-activate it by boiling, ready for the next day.

 

http://www.oscardehn.com/motherandchild/handwarmers.asp

 

It seems to be working okish as it keeps one side of the glug free from ice, may get a second one for the other side.

clever you.... great idea.

[Chickvic]

They look good!

[Barkisland]

Some great ideas here, thanks - keep em coming! I'm very interested in the rechargeable handwarmer idea.

OH is currently experimenting with his old propagator and a very looooong extension lead - I'll let you know how it goes. It's been below 0 here since well before dark

[Mayo]

Have you thought about a "Snugglesafe" ?? possibly with some sort of 'tea cosy' over the top.

Or is the whole idea way over the top . . .

 

Happy New Year.

 

Mayo

[Redwing]

How about that 'No Ice' stuff they sell for bird baths? Its a liquid you add to the water.

[sandyhas3chucks]

Some great ideas here, thanks - keep em coming! I'm very interested in the rechargeable handwarmer idea.

OH is currently experimenting with his old propagator and a very looooong extension lead - I'll let you know how it goes. It's been below 0 here since well before dark

that is intersting, is he cjecking temperatures. the petsafe seems to be doing a grad job in the empty Eglu the 2 girls are cosy spoilt in 10 degree bathroom

[sandyhas3chucks]

How about that 'No Ice' stuff they sell for bird baths? Its a liquid you add to the water.

others tried it say it doesn't work

[Redwing]

 

Back to the drawing board then.

[sandyhas3chucks]

I use one of these at the moment. I refil the Glug everymorning with warmish water, then after a couple of hours I activate the handwarmer and pop it in. Then at night, I empty the glug out, remove the gel pad and re-activate it by boiling, ready for the next day.

 

http://www.oscardehn.com/motherandchild/handwarmers.asp

 

It seems to be working okish as it keeps one side of the glug free from ice, may get a second one for the other side.

did you miss this one redwing? def worth a try?

[Redwing]

Have just bought two!

[sandyhas3chucks]

let us know how it goes.

the other thin gI have just thought of is those aquarium heaters, we had one many moons ago & the temp can be adjusted on them

[The Dogmother]

I bring the water in at night, but it just freezes up again whe I put it out. I have put a sturdy ceramic bowl of water in the cube, on the roosting basr - it seems to keep frost-free with the heat from the chooks at night; I just top it up twice a day.

[Barkisland]

How about one of these? https://www.chicken-house.co.uk/acatalog/Poultry_Drinker.html

I haven't tried it - have spend enough in the last month on my new friends!

 

Thanks for this link Happy chickens, I ordered one on Saturday evening and it arrived today. I'll let you all know how I get on with it.

Meanwhile, my husband has run a loooong extension lead down to Hensington Palace and plugged in his old propagator base. The drinker is sitting in the propagator, and it remained ice free overnight and today. The temperature went down to -6 here last night, so, that seems to work - although I don't know how easily the hens can access the drinker while it's in there I think the new thingy will be better.

[helenmb]

You could just fill a small water bottle or old squash bottle with boiling water and pop that into the glug, it would save a few pounds and boiling up the warmers to re-charge them every day too.

 

Love the idea of the heated drinker or heated pad. So far the glug hasn't frozen too badly in the day time with any lucky the cold snap will be over soon >