Blue heated dog water bowls from tractor supply

[Redgolden1]

Hi I'm back with an update on the blue water bowls I bought them they work great but cleaning them was an issue I have a lot of bowls to clean so a quick fix is use the 3 quart rubber bowls inside the blue bowls fits perfect easy to remove and I don't have to unplug the bowls to clean now

 

[1muttsfan]

One of the downsides of using open water bowls in the winter is freezing of the wattles when they get wet. you can take those heated water bowls, fill them about three quarters of the way with sand, then put a regular waterer on top of the sand. The waterer should sit down inside the edge of the blue water bowl.

 

[1muttsfan]

 

[Redgolden1]

Nice thanks

 

[1muttsfan]

You are welcome - just passing on someone else's great idea!

 

[Redgolden1]

This is my first year so trial and error ! Thanks for pics and info! Send pics of your birds

 

[ChickenboyNmom]

Thanks for the post. I just set up some heated dog bowls for my bantams & polish. One of the Polish hens has a wet head. It must have been from dipping it in the bowl. I'm concerned about the Polish roosters wattles. I had already put a vaseline type salve on today. I don't want his wattles getting wet. I will make some more adjustments tomorrow before the single digit temps come in again.