Little Giant - 3 Gallon Plastic Poultry Waterer - PPF3

I agree, sometimes the lid will glitch and cause me to undo, screw, undo again, and finally get the top on.

I don't move mine. I set then on a cinder block in the pen and fill it in place with the hose. It will get green if I forget the ACV too often. It is pretty easy to clean since you can get your whole arm in with a scrub brush and the pan comes off to clean too. The lid can be hard to get off, I barely tighten it and it still sticks. I would not want to move any large waterer around after I filled it. I like that it is easy to see the water level, we have to fill them every other day in the summer anyway but it will last nearly a week in the winter.

You can buy more caps

I have had the same problem. On the plus side, Miller Manufacturing who makes them will replace the cap for free and their 800 number is inside the lid. They'll ship one in about 4 days.

TSC has a similar 3-gallon heated waterer for sale, but it is a P.O.S.! You have to turn it upside down to fill it, replace the 1-inch rubber stopper, and then quickly turn it over, hoping that it doesn't come apart! (The top and the bottom are connected by only three plastic lugs that require a mere 3/8" to engage...or unfortunately, DISENGAGE!) First I spilled six gallons of water on my kitchen floor when it fell apart, and then almost drowned my chicks yesterday when the bottom fell out, just as I was placing it into the reinforced freezer box that I've been keeping them in! I kept tossing in handfuls of wood shavings (which acted sort of like "Oil-Dri," and then kept turning the whole mess over with a dust pan until it was all pretty much absorbed. I then took two empty banana boxes, scooped the whole mess into them, and tossed them on my burn pile. I then put some surveyor's stakes under the hardboard that I had already reinforced the box with, and placed a space heater a few feet from one end. That seems to be helping. Out of desperation, I duct-taped the bottom to the top, by wrapping it around tightly several times, and it appears to be holding. But I highly recommend that everyone refrain from purchasing one of these pieces of junk until they correct their design flaws...
Paul Anderson
Bay City, Michigan

Too follow up, I called Miller Manufacturing, and they did send me a new cap. Apparently there is a bad batch of caps out there. With a new cap now this waterer is a joy to use.
You don't have to tighten the lid all the way to get a good seal, so the lid comes off easily.

I have one of these and I don't understand why you think it is over complicated. You simply remove the small cap and put it on the outlet hole then remove the large top cap and fill it. Replace the large cap, set the waterer in its location and remove the small cap and put it back on the storage stub. No problem what so ever. To clean pour in a little cleaner and water, stick your arm inside with a rag and wipe it out, rinse and repeat then refill with fresh water. I don't understand why people can't figure these out, it is real simple!

Hi LoneOak. I like simpler waterers. I find it to be a pain in the _ _ _ _ to fill. The little cap can get lost. There is always debri and disgusting stuff getting caught under the main plastic container and it's hard to get the container off to clean. The large cap never fits correctly on top and the water consistently leaks. Not to mention the fact that the thing is very expensive compared to other waterers. I don't like it. I'm pretty intelligent and can figure things out easily. I don't think it's me. Look at all the negative comments on here and you'll see most will agree, this water is not worth the money and trouble it causes.

I totally disagree, I had no problems with them what so ever. Mine never leaked. If its to expensive why did you buy it to begin with?

I order from Agway, they deliver feed and shavings to my house, so I don't ever go in to the store since it's a fair bit away. I asked if they had a large waterer (didn't ask for the price - my bad), they described it briefly and I thought it was the cheap, easy to clean waterer that I had for a few years that recently broke. Turns out it was three times the price and very different. Since we were leaving for vacation the very next day and we needed a waterer for our hens, I decided to give it a try. I might still ask if I can return the thing, like I stated before, I am extremely unhappy with it.
Do you work for them or something?

Great waterers which outlast any others. If you have a brush of appropriate size and use a safe disinfectant like Oxine AH, they are easy to keep clean. Water dispersible supplements can be used in them too, unlike the galvanized waterers. Mine are seven years old and still in great shape.

No I don't work for them, as a matter of fact I don't work for anybody except myself right now. I had kidney failure in 2012 caused by allergy to antibiotics and currently drawing disability. I'm raising a few chickens to sell eggs and get some pocket money. I just like products that work and this type waterer always worked for me with no problems.
If your sending it back and have to pay return shipping, I'll buy it from you and you can just ship it to me, I won't pay full price but we can negotiate a reasonable amount. I can pay with paypal. Send me a pm.

When I was a farm hand for some lady, she had these for her chickens. They were cheaply made and even indoors the handle broke off too easily and gallons of water leaked all over the coop :/

Thanks Whittni, I totally agree.

I have one to these types, and the cons are the 1/4-inch thick rubber ring that is the gasket, that attaches to the white plastic, not the lid. The instructions were to get the lid tight, but not enough to break the handle. I have bought and replaced the gasket 3-times since I purchased these last April. I use community water, and add apple cider vinegar to the water, but it sill creates mold, that you can't scrub off with your hand because of the size of the opening

we have a five gallon and two 7 gallon water jugs they are great a little hard to clean out algae without a brush. but hold a lot of water
dont lose the fill cap if you do a child's medicine bottle cap is a replacement of the right size

Would it work for a duck?

darkoverlord said:

we have a five gallon and two 7 gallon water jugs they are great a little hard to clean out algae without a brush. but hold a lot of water
dont lose the fill cap if you do a child's medicine bottle cap is a replacement of the right size

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Thanks for the tip, i love mine and it is so sturdy, many times over the winter the water froze in it and it is still like new.

I have this one also and Love it!!!

Oh they leak, eventually the o-ring will need replacement and/or it won't seal right. Plus they can't be used on a heater base. I dumped mine for the old-fashioned double walled galvanize ones. They only rust out about every 3 to 4 years.