sandyhas3chucks Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Sorry being nerdy and trying to find answers on web. Found this on a wild bird site. Also one I found said you need 25% solution to stop it freezing. I am still researching, but for now Glycerin is a low-level toxin—if birds drink too much, it raises their blood sugar so much that they may die. update giving up as all sugest from 10% to 30% and that will only stop it freezing at -5, . so looks like a bad idea all around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats and Chickens Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 What a prompt response time thanks for your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I'll stop looking for it then. Thanks for that! Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Kate Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I just saw this posted by ChrisEllis on another thread (don't know how to paste links in and am too stupid to figure it out) on the subject of keeping water unfrozen and thought it might be of interest : their water out wiht its little heater underneath (tin sand and tealight) what a great idea! (apologies to chrisellis but hope I have given credit where it's due) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcatz Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I'm trying a ping pong ball in the galvanised bucket waterer and about 5 corks in the galvanised one - not bucket, but like one of those green plastic style ones that you fill the bucket in the top, then twist the bottom on.... I checked they wouldn't eat the corks first! If this doesn't work I'll try the excellent tin and tea light idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Be careful with fire in general and be cautious if using plastic drinkers It took over an hour this morning to defrost 19 drinkers so thinking there must be an easier way I bought a whole bin bag of drinkers today and from now on will simply swap one in and one out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusrooster Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Friday morning my drinkers where fine even though the bird bath had 1cm of ice on it, they must be protected in the run somewhat and also i put acv & poultry tonic in the water and i'm sure that must lower the freezing point. however this morning there was about 2 or 3 cm of ice on the bird bath and 1 cm of ice on the drinkers, i found it wasnt practical to try break the ice so i ended up emptying them, even then found it difficult to break the ice of the plastic. to bring them indoors on a night would mean having to empty them and refill in the morning, again wasting acv & poultry tonic. so tonight ive tried wrapping some bubble wrap round them, ony took a minute so will see if it has worked in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 After a couple of night fighting to break the ice on my drinkers, I've decided to empty all mine when I shut the girls in - i'm hoping that it'll be a much nicer job in the morning now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 My mother has tea lights under her bird bath, which is an old frying pan without the handle, on top of some bricks. It has worked fine for years I've brought the chickens water container into the utility overnight. It has been freezing solid the past couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I have had moderate success with a Snugglesafe underneath a plastic drinker, and the whole thing anchored with bricks to stop the drinker sliding about. In this very cold weather, it only stays warm for a few hours though, and needs reheating 2 or 3 times a day. The glugs I just top up with warm water a couple of times a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 to bring them indoors on a night would mean having to empty them and refill in the morning, again wasting acv & poultry tonic. so tonight ive tried wrapping some bubble wrap round them, ony took a minute so will see if it has worked in the morningwhy? I just carry mine indoors and put them back out again in the morning.Someone resurected an old post where I recalled reading that someone used a heated seed propergator with success. I have an injured wild bird residing in a run. It is covered where the water is in a ceraminc dog bowl, having deiced ot with boiling water , it was frozen when I looked 2 hours later. I have placed it on polystyrene (I know not practical maybe with chooks .) to keep it off the mostr frozen ground . Then in the morning I will place a small jam jar of boiling water in it, as I discovered with my wild bird water last year. This should keep it de iced until approx 3 pm. Hope this helps someone. Or you could put a snugglesafe under the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Could you not bring the drinkers in overnight so save the ACV. Ours stay out overnight and just get the ice cracked/emptied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusrooster Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Could you not bring the drinkers in overnight so save the ACV. Ours stay out overnight and just get the ice cracked/emptied they would just get spilt / tipped over, i suppose i could fix some brackets in the garage to hang them on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyhas3chucks Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 ah I see your problem. solution tip it out into a jug, keep jug in the house, the garage might still freeze my greenhouse does and car port. or lean them up against something and put a brick in front to stop it tiping forward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufusrooster Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 although last night was a lot colder here than on friday night ive had partial success with the bubble wrap, the glug was ok just a thinish layer of ice icould break off and add a little warm water, same with the super glug but the nipples wher frozen so i still had to empty it and defrost the nipples, one of the nipples keeps falling off inside when i empty / clean the super glug although its brand new, nearly lost it down the sink i.m sure i read on here somewhere you can get spare nipples but cant find them in the shop ? can anyone point me in the right direction ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I don't think they are in the shop Try emailing Info@Omlet.co.uk they should replace it if it is faulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcatz Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 Hi, the ping pong ball in the bucket drinker worked and the corks partially worked. There was a very brittle thin layer of ice in between each cork. So, where the cork was there was water. If the chooks pecked a cork or the ice they'd get a drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 If it's still like this tomorrow when I am at work all day I will defrost the drinkers but leave a bowl of snow for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
