Best way to mount a little giant waterer Model #2500

[Flame80]

Just received my Little Giant automatic waterer #2500. It needs to hang but I don't want birds able to get above it and pooping in it. I have already run underground water pipe to the coop but have not put to the inside yet. I kind of want it located at least 2 feet away from any wall of my covered coop and in a corner. Any pointers of location and design? Whole idea for this is to keep them refreshed and CLEAN water. I don't really want it "swinging" hanging but prefer to "hardpipe" it in some way. Also don't want the birds jumping on it and breaking pvc pipe! Suggestions please? Am considering a washing machine hose again but winter insulation wrap would just be a tasty treat for my girls. It hooks up to regular pipe thread. Maybe I should just use galvanized pipe inside the coop??

 

[cavemanrich]

How do you intend to keep water from freezing in bowl during cold. I would suggest steel pipes, but those will freeze unless heating tape wrapped, and insulated. The automatic valve in the bowl can freeze also.
No Location in your profile, so I cant suggest any particular way, since I don't know how cold we are talking about.
WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Flame80]

I live in deep east Texas right on the Louisiana border. It will freeze here about maybe 6 days in the winter? I am usually only gone on weekends where I can't check on the birds. If it is going to freeze I guess I can get electric warmer because I do have electricity in the run. Never a perfect answer is there? How far down the pipe will heating tape wrap work? Maybe I could use it and wrap on pipes on the outside of the run to keep birds from pecking and leave about 2 foot unwrapped nearest the water bowl? It NEVER gets down into the teens here and only in the 20's maybe 2-3 days a year. We are 100 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.

 

[Alliesan648]

I hardpiped mine with 1/2” pvc with a garden hose attachment where it exits the coop.
Mine is attached to the ceiling though and hangs down about a foot (very low in there as it’s a 4month+ brooder area)

I suppose you could strap the pvc to the wall and 90 it out as far away as you desire. Just need to figure out how to support the off the wall portion.
Heat tape if your worried about freezing.

 

[cavemanrich]

I live in deep east Texas right on the Louisiana border. It will freeze here about maybe 6 days in the winter? I am usually only gone on weekends where I can't check on the birds. If it is going to freeze I guess I can get electric warmer because I do have electricity in the run. Never a perfect answer is there? How far down the pipe will heating tape wrap work? Maybe I could use it and wrap on pipes on the outside of the run to keep birds from pecking and leave about 2 foot unwrapped nearest the water bowl? It NEVER gets down into the teens here and only in the 20's maybe 2-3 days a year. We are 100 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico.

In your location freezing is not much of an issue then. I would also hard pipe it using steel pipe. You will have it such that pipe breakage due to leverage action is eliminated. PVC pipes especially small diameter are not that strong compared to steel.
You mention about 6 days of freeze temperatures . That means that the ground is still above freezing temps regardless. Temporary dips in temp, do not result in ground freezing. That means that the temps inside your coop are not likely to drop below freezing. ( or sufficiently long enough to freeze your pipes) Ground heat radiation at work.
I think just insulation on the pipes would be sufficient. A crafty way to outsmart your chickens is to insulate whichever way you want, and then install larger diameter PVC sleeves over insulation. That can be made to look quite neat as well.

 

[aart]

You could make a bracket to hang it from.
Here's friends hanging from a roost in a tractor.
They ended up putting a piece of mesh to keep them from perching above it.