How many chickens will this water?
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I have 4 chickens (actually 9 wk old pullets) and they haven't finished off the first filling after 5 days.
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At least 15, if not more......I refill daily & sometimes twice daily in hot weather....
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As long as you refill daily, it should be an adequate water supply for up to 20 chickens, probably more. However, it's not a certainty that your chickens will use this type of waterer. My flock refused, so I'm back to the old school waterer. Good luck to you because I've seen this waterer used successfully by others and think it a much better choice for keeping the water clean.
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We have six hens and we fill it every other day unless it is really warm outside. That's mostly just to keep the water fresh.
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Depends how often you want to fill it and how hot it is outside... I have 5 chickens and fill it about every 5-6 days in the winter and about every 3 days in summer
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I have 5 hens and it lasts about 3 weeks but it's not the hottest months yet either, there really is no answer to your question, it depends on how often you want to fill it
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Hi Lisa, This is Tyler from RentACoop. We have 200 chickens of our own in multiple housing arrangements. We use our 2 and 5 gallon waterers as their only source of water throughout the summer and winter months. We are located just outside of Washington DC where temperatures get down to around 10-15 degrees at the coldest. For 3 years now we have been using the c-50 150 watt water heater from Farm Innovators ($38) and the nipples have never frozen on any of our 20 buckets. Tyler @RentACoop
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The clearance should allow the chicken to walk under the bucket and reach up a little bit to peck at the fountain.I flipped the fountains with my finger to make noise and get the water droplet to appear. They took to it quickly. Take any other water away until you see one of them begin to peck at the fountain. Soon they will all be using it.
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I didn't use mine for chickens. You would have to make nesting boxes and I would say no morethan 3 small or 2 larger
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If you cut a hole in your coop, I guess, where the waterer and the cooler connect. The waterer needs to be about a foot and a half above the ground for the chickens to drink out of (depending on the size of your chickens). I don't have mine in the coop. It's in the chicken run and the cooler is on pavers to raise it up.
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That's the exact purpose I bought a medium one for... works great!! I have 7 hens and have kept their water unfrozen by putting a medium zoo med heating pad under their red/white 3 gallon waterer and also under their water tub (I switched to the tub after the red/white waterer kept leaking). Now it's perfect. I have a 4" thick paver as my foundation, then goes on the heating pad, then the waterer. No leaks. No ice. Just happy chickens.
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I use the heater in a cut off 5 gal bucket to water chickens I always keep 2 in or more water in the bucket never a problem.
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One will be plenty. I only have one in my 36 gallon and it moves more then enough water.
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I would say not much more over about 20 pounds. We have only done large chickens. The heavier the load the more balanced it would need to be.
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I just keep it filled with water . I hatch ducks, turkeys, chicks,and quails. I love this incubator.
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Ours each hold three full size chickens. During winter I'll even find all six in there. However, three full size is really the max you want in there or 4-5 bantams.
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I think this coop is too small inside for 4 regular size hens. I decided to only house 3 hens myself. Even with a larger run (which I added) I think the maximum should be 3 otherwise your hens may become stressed.
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I would not house more than 4 full size chickens in this or 6 bantams. You can fit 6 full size birds but they may be a little crowded and keeping it clean would be a chore.
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It will hold up to 2 chickens comfortably if you are going to use the enclosure. I bought it with 6 chicks, but when they grew, it got overcrowded.
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I usually put aboutv5 pounds in it, if you heap it up the chickens simply spread the feed out while they eat it and you still end up with a lot of feed on the ground. Good news is the wire over the top does keep them from standing in the feed and fouling it. Also I was able to rig mine up so that it hangs using the stands on the ends. That lifts it up off the ground and keeps it from getting knocked over which chickens will do.
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Mine is in an 8x8 dog run with roof. Walk in. My coop is off the ground on a simple frame. Chickens have access to all the ground space. I made a ladder to get in the coop.
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All birds drink from it, the bigger ones also splash around in it as well. Maybe about 3 inches at the max depth.