For months i have been looking at videos of how to care for chickens n I have subscribed cuz you have a very good humanly and simple way of explaining how to do the job, keep up the good work! God bless you and your family.👍👍👍
These cups look much more interesting than the water nipples, specially for inside the coop. I bought some nipples and they work, but there's always some drops dripping out of it even if the chickens are not drinking, so the wood shavings end up quite wet and I have to replace it quite often. This system looks much more safe and I'll try it soon :). Thanks for the video!
Awesome. Today is one of my leisure days and was looking for water ideas to add for my girls this spring. Love this system and would work very well for me during the summer months in Maine. Thanks for sharing. Have liked and subscribed. Blessings.
Fantastic video. So simple but yet so slick and effective. Major kudos for coming up with this setup. I'm definitely designing my water system for the coup I just finished based on your solution. But instead of a 55 gallon drum (or any reservoir for that matter), I'll be using the household water line since I have access to it 2 feet away from the coup. I will obviously be forced to add adjustable pressure regulator & color coded gauge to it, but since they only fit 1/2 PCV, I'll probably go with 1/2 pvc the entire length. Feel free to holler if you find any flaws with this. Not being able to collect rainwater for the system would be one major drawback...
+Peter Bergstrand Hi Peter! sounds like a great setup to me! If you got the water there, then use it:) I think 1/2" should do fine for your piping... but I'd check to see if it'll work well for the cups to be installed to. The cups have about a 5/8" threaded portion that will protrude into the pipe and may take up a bit of room in the 1/2".... but if so, all you'd have to do is just adapt to 3/4" from your 1/2" source line to the portion in the box.. so it wouldn't really be much difference in cost overall. Anyways, hope that made sense. Joe
Great video I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with my beers now I know thanks for sharing I’m going to directly feed it to my Garden hose screw it to my fence right by my beehives.
Thanks so much. Great information presented in an easy to follow format. I'm definitely incorporating this into my coop design. Keep up the great work.
Just got a material list from this video. Awesome stuff, I'm going to mock your system! Building my chicken run this week, and have 6 beautiful golden comets in the brooder inside.
Very well done. I like the buried pipe and cleanout ideas. Now that you have had time to evaluate it's performance over some time, let me ask a couple questions. Does the volume of water help to keep the water cool enough or does it have to be replaced with fresh water to keep it acceptably cool? Secondly, how is the quality of water after it has been in the barrel for a while? Does it get Alge and funky? How long is the water generally good for?
I just asked texasprepper2 about these the other day. Great vid looks like this is the type of waterer I'll be using when I build my coop. God bless buddy
Great Post! Very informative. I would like to install the same system for my little coop. I’ve seen these watering cups at my local livestock store. Thank you for sharing. I’ve enjoyed watching.
homesteadonomics hi I live in PA and love all your videos I’m wondering what would I have to do for winter building this water system to prevent it from freezing
Video is live now of the construction phase. We just had a good rain here in East Texas and maybe a few more days this weekend. I went out there and had a good stream of water from the clean-out. Excited to do the next video showing off the system!
Cool, in colder places like here in Tn., can make the box large enough to put a incandescent light for heat. Don't forget to protect the light from chicken beaks.
Maybe use a water pipe heater.... I use that for my well up in West Virginia when we go up to the mountains in winter. Just wrap the heater tape around the pipe... now... is that safe for PVC???
That's a better system then what, I seen on other channel's. It has more natural way for the chicken to drink water. They don't have to put in much efforts. The water come out in a bowl, just enough.
yack f zay I agree... they have taken to them very well. Wasn't much of a learning curve either... like with some other designs of nipple waterers. Thanks for watching:)
Sorry where could I get this little toggle feeder contraption? I am in New Zealand. Is it from a hardware store or a pet supplies store? What is it called please?
Hi Mel... I got mine from either ebay or amazon... can't remember. But I do know that McMurray Hatchery sells them as well. But Ebay or something similar will probably be your best bet. They are usually called 'waterer cups' Thanks for watching:) And very cool to hear from NZ too! Love your accents, culture, rugby team (all blacks:).... very cool country you've got there! Joe
I think if they made a brown version or something they would leave it alone. It probably looks like a huuuge amazing flower to them with an underwater pollen stash. But only he knows for sure. Farms are the only place i can think of where a 3D printer would be super useful.
absolute genius!! I just stumble upon your page and I love everything you do! thank you for showing us all of these great projects! it inspires me to make these things on my own....only problem is, I don't know the first thing about building lol
+GeekFreeek Thanks GF! Just start on the small ones and you'll make your way to the bigger projects soon enough:) Thanks for watching the vids and glad to have you along the journey:) Joe
I noticed those nipple cups at the local feed & tac last week when shopping for my first chickens. Four of them on a 1 gal plastic bucket for $45...what! Thanks for the info!
Tim Brown Hey tim... I got mine off of ebay or amazon (cant remember) for I think 10-15 bucks shipped for 5 of them. The prices are all over the place but you can also get them from McMurray hatchery as well. Just keep searching until you find a good price:) Joe
In Thailand where I live now They have three months of monsoon rain then hardly any for the rest of the year So I will have to connect mine to the mains And have a back up Because the water goes off about every two weeks for about an hour or so
Wow, this video certainly got a lot of comments. Just shows the interest in your subject, for sure. Not sure my question was brought up in these 300 comments so apologies if it has. Anyway, how high is the cup from the ground?
The only concern I have with your system is from the 3:23 mark to the 4:55 mark...your water system seems to be a bee, wasp and/or hornet attracter as well!! I think it's because these "cups" leave little tiny "pools" of water for these insects to drink clean water from. The more traditional watering nipples that require the chickens to peck at them to have water released is better (IMO) because the bees and such can't drink and will hopefully go seek water elsewhere. Your thoughts?!?
Awesome vide! Getting ready to build one But I have a question....Did you cut the top of the 55 gallon Barrels to attach the swamp cooler fittings inside?
Loving this video as well as several of your others!! Great work!! Can you please tell me where and what the flexible supply line is that you have buried underground??
+LXX Thanks LXX! The flexible line is standard 1/2" irrigation tubing. You can get it at Lowes, Home Depot, or pretty much any hardware or home supply place. Hope that helps:) Joe
+homesteadonomics Thanks for the reply!! I am having trouble finding some of these components. Have you ever thought about making up a watering package and selling it?? Minus the barrel of course. The rest should be fairly easy to ship.
So my husband made this but decided to add a hose and leave the water on very lightly into the tank he made. Will this work? Also, how do you know for sure if the chickens are getting enough water? I took their other waterers away and made sure to fill the cups so they know there is water there....
I'm trying to get automatic water to about 10 coops. I'd rather set it up with a smaller drum and a float system with a garden hose attached. from there its a matter of running the tubing everywhere just like a sprinkler system. Oh and building all these parts. I don't even think I need the little boxes, could just mount the pvc tube with tie wraps on the outside of the coops. I would love some help getting something like this going, my chickens have a little money in the bank...lol... I'm just not handy with tools etc. :(
so after you drilled the 3/8 inch hole. did you have to have to run a tap through the hole to make threads. or will the cups make their own threads. if you ran a tap, what size dud you use?
I didn't run a tap.. I just wrapped with teflon and screwed it in.. i unscrewed one and it looked like the black plastic made some shallow threads in the PVC... so it must be harded.. at least by a bit. So far I haven't had any problems with doing it that way:)
wow this is great. this setup looks like a fantastic idea i am getting some chickens relatively soon and are looking for the best ways to accommodate water and food without the water and food getting dirty. I also live in Arizona, how do you protect the system form freezing, even my watering lines for my plants freeze
+FreeMare Hi FM... for hard freezes, i will just drain the system.... takes about a minute. For light freezes like 30-32... I just let it be and so far I haven't had any problems:) Hope that helps! Joe
We have this cups on our new water container but it doesn’t seem like the chickens are learning how to peck it so more water comes out. Yours is higher than ours so I’m wondering if we should raise it so the cups are higher. Any suggestions on getting the chickens to peck at the yellow part?
Thanks Robin! sorry for the slow response... was out of town. Anyways, if you want, check out my rainwater harvesting vid for my chicken coop. I've got these running off of rainwater too:) Joe
Hi! I love this system and we are going to install one for our chickens! Where did you buy these cups from? I ordered some from Amazon but they came with a grey attachment to put on the pipe then screw it in. I'm not sure how to install those.
Question! How do you treat your 55 gallon tank to prevent algae build up? Keeping it in the shade helps but I was wondering if there was something else you use? I don't have that many chickens So I think I will use your system except with a 5 gallon bucket. Thank you for the video.
Hi Chris, I change the water out and give it a good scrubbing once a year but other than that I really don't have any alge problems. good luck on the build! your chickens will love it:) Joe
Although you do not have to heat this system to keep it thawed during winter, I would. Am brainstorming how to do that. You have any suggestions or ideas? The tank would be easy. The tubing an waterers, not so much.
Hi SF... depending on your temps you might only just need some insulation around the pipes...but if you are in a really cold area you might consider running one line into the coop and one line out.... and during the winter months shut down and drain the outside line and just use the inside line. And maybe put a lamp in the coop as well. Anyways, just some thoughts... let me know if you have any more questions:) joe
Thanks Joe. I live in Alaska. We are thinking the same thing, pipe insulation as well as running it both inside and outside the coop. We do keep a low heat in the coop, just above freezing. We have the gutters up, just have to finish it all. It is Fall here now, might wait until next summer to finish it.
StarFlower99654 you can get heat tapes for pipes. it plugs into an outlet and you run it with your pipe. I like to wrap around for a more spread heat than just a strip. Then wrap in insulation to contain the heat.
Can you please provide links for fittings for the barrel and hose? I've went to lowe's, home depot, Ace and even took my Ipand and played your video for them and they had no clue about the fittings. I even showed them pictures of the swap cooler fitting and they didn't have anything close to it.
Thank you so much for all your content! Its like having an older brother on demand. God bless you!
For months i have been looking at videos of how to care for chickens n I have subscribed cuz you have a very good humanly and simple way of explaining how to do the job, keep up the good work! God bless you and your family.👍👍👍
I've seen others ,but yours without and doubt is by far the best !!! I love your precision .👍👏
Best system out there so far. I'm going to incorporate this but with a gutter a downspout and a diverter..FREE WATER !!!!
+James Kast Thanks James! Good luck on the project:) Joe
Genius idea, it’s very functional and a time saver.
could use a shopping list of parts and their sizes.so I can get the right parts
love your idea!!
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@@lfkwtz How about the parts to attach to the barrel?
instaBlaster...
I love that the honey bees have learned how to drink from the watering cups too !(at 4:43)
These cups look much more interesting than the water nipples, specially for inside the coop. I bought some nipples and they work, but there's always some drops dripping out of it even if the chickens are not drinking, so the wood shavings end up quite wet and I have to replace it quite often. This system looks much more safe and I'll try it soon :). Thanks for the video!
EXCELLENT video! You’re so talented and smart....thank you for sharing!!!!
Great idea, i just don't know about having water in the barrel for 2 months or more
If it’s sealed shouldn’t be an issue
that's why I use a 5 gallon bucket, put on top of cages
Nice nice video. Well done
Awesome. Today is one of my leisure days and was looking for water ideas to add for my girls this spring. Love this system and would work very well for me during the summer months in Maine. Thanks for sharing. Have liked and subscribed.
Blessings.
Wow, that was a great video ! My chickens are going to love it. Thank you for sharing 👍👍💚🐔🐔🐔
I had never seen those cups before. This is a great set up!
+Talbott Harrison Thanks TH! They are the best waterer that I've tried:)
great video, very well executed
Fantastic video. So simple but yet so slick and effective. Major kudos for coming up with this setup. I'm definitely designing my water system for the coup I just finished based on your solution. But instead of a 55 gallon drum (or any reservoir for that matter), I'll be using the household water line since I have access to it 2 feet away from the coup. I will obviously be forced to add adjustable pressure regulator & color coded gauge to it, but since they only fit 1/2 PCV, I'll probably go with 1/2 pvc the entire length. Feel free to holler if you find any flaws with this. Not being able to collect rainwater for the system would be one major drawback...
+Peter Bergstrand Hi Peter! sounds like a great setup to me! If you got the water there, then use it:)
I think 1/2" should do fine for your piping... but I'd check to see if it'll work well for the cups to be installed to. The cups have about a 5/8" threaded portion that will protrude into the pipe and may take up a bit of room in the 1/2".... but if so, all you'd have to do is just adapt to 3/4" from your 1/2" source line to the portion in the box.. so it wouldn't really be much difference in cost overall. Anyways, hope that made sense.
Joe
Great idea I really apreciate Your help, Im going to do that right away for my chickens as soon as tomorrow, God bless You
🐔 NICE setup and HOW-TO video here....this would water A LOT of chickens!! 💯
I bought the cup from Ebay with 1/2 inch pvc tee.You did good job,even you can put 6 cup around the 55 gallon container
That's a great idea Hyak... I imagine that would make it pretty darn easy to set up too!:)
Joe
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing!
Great video I was trying to figure out what I was going to do with my beers now I know thanks for sharing I’m going to directly feed it to my Garden hose screw it to my fence right by my beehives.
Your bees must make the best flavored honey 🍯.
BEER Bee Honey has to be a huge novelty item. 🥰
Thanks so much. Great information presented in an easy to follow format. I'm definitely incorporating this into my coop design. Keep up the great work.
Randall Montgomery Thanks Randall! Would love to see pics or video of the coop when you get it finished:)
Joe
Nice Video Joe and cool system
Just got a material list from this video. Awesome stuff, I'm going to mock your system! Building my chicken run this week, and have 6 beautiful golden comets in the brooder inside.
Are you able to put up the list for others? Also what he used to connect to the 50 gallon bucket that mocks a swamp cooler fitting please - Thank you
Good idea and a lot of effort just to build the display
Very well done. I like the buried pipe and cleanout ideas. Now that you have had time to evaluate it's performance over some time, let me ask a couple questions. Does the volume of water help to keep the water cool enough or does it have to be replaced with fresh water to keep it acceptably cool? Secondly, how is the quality of water after it has been in the barrel for a while? Does it get Alge and funky? How long is the water generally good for?
I just asked texasprepper2 about these the other day. Great vid looks like this is the type of waterer I'll be using when I build my coop. God bless buddy
cokeman250 Awesome, look forward to seeing the video CM:)
Great video and idea thank you for showing the installation of the piping!
good job.. now ill try this for my chicken.. from philippines
I love this. Thank you
Great Post! Very informative. I would like to install the same system for my little coop. I’ve seen these watering cups at my local livestock store. Thank you for sharing. I’ve enjoyed watching.
You sir are a smart man. Thanks for this awesome idea. I'm definitely going to be doing this for my chicken coop.
+BlindWeeble TV Thanks BWtv! Much appreciated!
Joe
It’s easy enough to view and make a short list for your procedure!
Great video! Nice system..
Thank you for sharing, this was just what we needed!
Nice, very tidy looking
Fernando Yáñez Thanks Fernando!
Great job brother I will be building this for my coop God bless my friend
I will build this system for our chickens when we get them, super great idea :)
Nancy Poulin Thanks Nancy, I think your girls with like them:)
homesteadonomics hi I live in PA and love all your videos I’m wondering what would I have to do for winter building this water system to prevent it from freezing
You inspired our latest video where we constructed (almost) the same system! Thanks for tour! We'll post our tour soon too!
Thanks so much RT! Let me know when as I'd love to check it out:)
Video is live now of the construction phase. We just had a good rain here in East Texas and maybe a few more days this weekend. I went out there and had a good stream of water from the clean-out. Excited to do the next video showing off the system!
Just published the tour video - shout outs to Homesteadonomics!
Cool, in colder places like here in Tn., can make the box large enough to put a incandescent light for heat. Don't forget to protect the light from chicken beaks.
+Charles Cain Yep... a light would definitely be a go for colder areas... thanks for watching Charles!
Joe
Maybe use a water pipe heater.... I use that for my well up in West Virginia when we go up to the mountains in winter. Just wrap the heater tape around the pipe... now... is that safe for PVC???
Once again great video. I’ll be building this soon
That's a better system then what, I seen on other channel's. It has more natural way for the chicken to drink water. They don't have to put in much efforts. The water come out in a bowl, just enough.
yack f zay I agree... they have taken to them very well. Wasn't much of a learning curve either... like with some other designs of nipple waterers. Thanks for watching:)
Great ideas here especially water for bees. Thanks
+Jim Rodgers Thanks Jim! They do like the water cups for sure:)
Joe
Very nice video.... Keep it up bro
thanks the best explained set up ive seen.
Seeing all the bees at the water might be worth getting some water close to your bee hives if you don't have some already. Great video.
+therianstrauss Yes, I think their water bucket was dry when I filmed this video....lol... now it's not so much of a problem:)
Joe
Loved it! So cool! I have so many great ideas now for my chooks and my bees :) Thank you. Mel
Sorry where could I get this little toggle feeder contraption? I am in New Zealand. Is it from a hardware store or a pet supplies store? What is it called please?
Hi Mel... I got mine from either ebay or amazon... can't remember. But I do know that McMurray Hatchery sells them as well. But Ebay or something similar will probably be your best bet. They are usually called 'waterer cups'
Thanks for watching:) And very cool to hear from NZ too! Love your accents, culture, rugby team (all blacks:).... very cool country you've got there!
Joe
homesteadonomics most farm stores or Co ops have these. I got some from tractor supply (also got my chick's from them) lol
Great diy video.
Ordering my watering cups now 👍
Ya might need to set up a spare for the bees ;-)
lol
Ye the were loads
I think if they made a brown version or something they would leave it alone. It probably looks like a huuuge amazing flower to them with an underwater pollen stash. But only he knows for sure. Farms are the only place i can think of where a 3D printer would be super useful.
Which brand do you use?
Thank you for the how to video
Nice video. Chicken and bee approved.
absolute genius!! I just stumble upon your page and I love everything you do! thank you for showing us all of these great projects! it inspires me to make these things on my own....only problem is, I don't know the first thing about building lol
+GeekFreeek Thanks GF! Just start on the small ones and you'll make your way to the bigger projects soon enough:) Thanks for watching the vids and glad to have you along the journey:)
Joe
+homesteadonomics I will definitely try on a smaller scale first!! 👍👍
wonderful clear video... thank you for sharing. Now I feel confident to go ahead with my project!
+ensign4Him Thanks so much!
Joe
Thanks for sharing this info!
Great video , I’m looking to do one for my chickens now but I have ducks too
Great video! Thanks for doing.
GY Solutions Thanks GYS:)
You can get those cups at Amazon best price I saw was 12 for $14.48 free shipping with prime
Very professional work my friend! Kepp it up!
I drilled 3/8 hole and even with the tape wrapped around it I can pull it out without unscrewing it. I think a smaller bit wouldn’t be big enough
I noticed those nipple cups at the local feed & tac last week when shopping for my first chickens. Four of them on a 1 gal plastic bucket for $45...what! Thanks for the info!
Tim Brown Hey tim... I got mine off of ebay or amazon (cant remember) for I think 10-15 bucks shipped for 5 of them. The prices are all over the place but you can also get them from McMurray hatchery as well. Just keep searching until you find a good price:)
Joe
Good stuff .. Thanks Joe ..
+GregT Thanks Greg!
thanks for posting this video - great explanations
+JRC Homestead Texas No problem! Glad you liked it:)
Joe
In Thailand where I live now They have three months of monsoon rain then hardly any for the rest of the year So I will have to connect mine to the mains And have a back up Because the water goes off about every two weeks for about an hour or so
Very interesting, Never seen anything like this. Great!
Dutchhorse Thanks DH! They have been working out great for close to 4 years:)
We can skin a buck, .....We can run a Troutline , .......And a country boy can survive !!!🤠
I'd love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eye.....................
Awesome video, doing this today. Do you need to thread the PVC to receive the cups?
Thanks for sharing. God Bless. I subscribed
good job thank u
Awesome. Thank u👍
Thanks for the information
Wow, this video certainly got a lot of comments. Just shows the interest in your subject, for sure. Not sure my question was brought up in these 300 comments so apologies if it has. Anyway, how high is the cup from the ground?
My husband made one similar to this. Our cups are leaking. Any advice?
Another excellent video! Thank you very much for taking the time to make and post. Do you have many mosquitoes where you are?
Fantastic idea and tutorial. How do you prevent algae from growing in the water?
keep it away for the sun
I'd like to know this as well
The only concern I have with your system is from the 3:23 mark to the 4:55 mark...your water system seems to be a bee, wasp and/or hornet attracter as well!!
I think it's because these "cups" leave little tiny "pools" of water for these insects to drink clean water from. The more traditional watering nipples that require the chickens to peck at them to have water released is better (IMO) because the bees and such can't drink and will hopefully go seek water elsewhere.
Your thoughts?!?
Even the bees like it! :D :D :D :D
Awesome vide! Getting ready to build one But I have a question....Did you cut the top of the 55 gallon Barrels to attach the swamp cooler fittings inside?
Loving this video as well as several of your others!! Great work!! Can you please tell me where and what the flexible supply line is that you have buried underground??
+LXX Thanks LXX! The flexible line is standard 1/2" irrigation tubing. You can get it at Lowes, Home Depot, or pretty much any hardware or home supply place. Hope that helps:)
Joe
+homesteadonomics Thanks for the reply!! I am having trouble finding some of these components. Have you ever thought about making up a watering package and selling it?? Minus the barrel of course. The rest should be fairly easy to ship.
Nice job!!!!! Thanks
So my husband made this but decided to add a hose and leave the water on very lightly into the tank he made. Will this work? Also, how do you know for sure if the chickens are getting enough water? I took their other waterers away and made sure to fill the cups so they know there is water there....
How do you stop algae from getting into their water system
Add apple cider vinegar to the water. It’s good for the chickens also
very cool!!! damn you're like a super wizard!
ssssessss hahaa... thanks sssesss!
I'm trying to get automatic water to about 10 coops. I'd rather set it up with a smaller drum and a float system with a garden hose attached. from there its a matter of running the tubing everywhere just like a sprinkler system. Oh and building all these parts. I don't even think I need the little boxes, could just mount the pvc tube with tie wraps on the outside of the coops. I would love some help getting something like this going, my chickens have a little money in the bank...lol... I'm just not handy with tools etc. :(
Thank you for the reply 🙏😃
+Qatari Man No prob! :)
Hi friend is this suitable for birds cage water drinker?
Can I fix it for budgies?
Thank you!!! Details are helpful and you gave just that!!!
so after you drilled the 3/8 inch hole. did you have to have to run a tap through the hole to make threads. or will the cups make their own threads. if you ran a tap, what size dud you use?
I didn't run a tap.. I just wrapped with teflon and screwed it in.. i unscrewed one and it looked like the black plastic made some shallow threads in the PVC... so it must be harded.. at least by a bit. So far I haven't had any problems with doing it that way:)
Just zip tie pipe to chicken wire. Forget the box....
Or do I need the box?
that is genius! An insulated water resevior would keep the water cooler
well that nice in AZ but MI wont work in winter it will freeze
I was wondering how high you mount the watering cups?
Fantastic thank you
Ty🎉
wow this is great. this setup looks like a fantastic idea i am getting some chickens relatively soon and are looking for the best ways to accommodate water and food without the water and food getting dirty. I also live in Arizona, how do you protect the system form freezing, even my watering lines for my plants freeze
+FreeMare Hi FM... for hard freezes, i will just drain the system.... takes about a minute. For light freezes like 30-32... I just let it be and so far I haven't had any problems:) Hope that helps!
Joe
We have this cups on our new water container but it doesn’t seem like the chickens are learning how to peck it so more water comes out. Yours is higher than ours so I’m wondering if we should raise it so the cups are higher. Any suggestions on getting the chickens to peck at the yellow part?
This is a good system
+BJFA Thanks BJFA :)
Awesome design. Earned a like and a sub. I'm going to build something similar but use a gutter on the back of my coop to collect rain water.
Thanks Robin! sorry for the slow response... was out of town. Anyways, if you want, check out my rainwater harvesting vid for my chicken coop. I've got these running off of rainwater too:)
Joe
Hi! I love this system and we are going to install one for our chickens! Where did you buy these cups from? I ordered some from Amazon but they came with a grey attachment to put on the pipe then screw it in. I'm not sure how to install those.
Question! How do you treat your 55 gallon tank to prevent algae build up? Keeping it in the shade helps but I was wondering if there was something else you use? I don't have that many chickens So I think I will use your system except with a 5 gallon bucket. Thank you for the video.
Hi Chris, I change the water out and give it a good scrubbing once a year but other than that I really don't have any alge problems. good luck on the build! your chickens will love it:)
Joe
Although you do not have to heat this system to keep it thawed during winter, I would. Am brainstorming how to do that. You have any suggestions or ideas? The tank would be easy. The tubing an waterers, not so much.
Hi SF... depending on your temps you might only just need some insulation around the pipes...but if you are in a really cold area you might consider running one line into the coop and one line out.... and during the winter months shut down and drain the outside line and just use the inside line. And maybe put a lamp in the coop as well. Anyways, just some thoughts... let me know if you have any more questions:)
joe
Thanks Joe. I live in Alaska. We are thinking the same thing, pipe insulation as well as running it both inside and outside the coop. We do keep a low heat in the coop, just above freezing. We have the gutters up, just have to finish it all. It is Fall here now, might wait until next summer to finish it.
StarFlower99654 you can get heat tapes for pipes. it plugs into an outlet and you run it with your pipe. I like to wrap around for a more spread heat than just a strip. Then wrap in insulation to contain the heat.
Can you please provide links for fittings for the barrel and hose? I've went to lowe's, home depot, Ace and even took my Ipand and played your video for them and they had no clue about the fittings. I even showed them pictures of the swap cooler fitting and they didn't have anything close to it.