Freeze proof chicken waterer with no electric heater and no bill!!!
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- We biuld a geothermal chicken waterer out of scraps we have. No electric heaters this year or the bill. woohoo! #chickens #farming #homestead #offgrid #nature #diy #fun #outdoors #selfreliance #adventure #explore #animals #farmanimals #fire #cooking #countrylife #family #free #fresh #natural #hobbyfarm #egg #hunting #winter #country
Link to update video on how it worked in sub zero temps
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Here is a link to update video. How it reacted to different temps✌🏻
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OMY Thank you so much It gets -40 to 100 in the summer ( for a week) here in northern mn.
lol "GRAB THE PICK BOY" I'm 66 my dad just died at 91 this September 30. I wish I could hear him say that one more time. His best quote was "Come with me boy" Where we going dad? "Were going to go get you a job" He was the best dad ever. Teaching your lads to work............the best lesson ever.
Ya have the same upbringing. The last thing you wanted to hear my dad say is we got to talk out behind the barn! Lol but it wasn’t funny.😆 He’s a good kid he grew up working for my dad around his farm and he still works one day a week helping my dad with his chores at a pay cut lol. He realizes the value of time spent over money banked. Thanks for the share I appreciate it✌🏻
@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041..hey, thanks for the vid. 👍😃 Did anyone suggest afixing a piece of wire over the pipe (keep debris out and anything from falling down in)?
@@singingwindrider9881 your welcome and no they have not. I’ll put that down on the list with all the great ideas that came off this video! Another good one ✌🏻
Parents are the best!
That made me laugh too 😂
Same thing works for dogs cows and ducks, cut one side off same size bowl flip it upside down, put a couple screws in it. It will create an opening for chickens to drink and stops the wind from the water top. Also will keep it cleaner.
Dang! Great tip my friend I am going to try that! Thanks for the share and the support ✌🏻
That’s excellent!
Thanks!
Thank you for that great tip!❤
Awsome
You're a good father. You are teaching skills, ethics, guiding your son and saving the old ways.
I loved leaning this. Thank you!
Wow I really appreciate that!! I tried to teach all my kids all the simple things and ways there whole life. I know they see the value in it know. Much appreciated thank you✌🏻
Instead of building the box use an old tire and spray foam to seal it in
Now that’s a great idea!!! Appreciate the share✌🏻
I think the box method here is a better solution than the tire with foam. I tried the tire with foam insulation, and it still froze.@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041
A man under the age of 30 who actually knows how to swing a pick. That's heartening to see
Right on no safe spaces at our house lol✌🏻
and who knows how to swing a hammer without "choking" the poor thing.... LOL. Good job at teaching him properly.
@@TopCat2021 appreciate that. A couple of stair Boulders lol
I have one but didn’t like it, now I know why😂
You swing an 8 pound sledge hammer the same way.
Nice! This is actually geo-thermal technology!
Yes sir! Still hasn’t froze I put out update video on how it reacted at different temps and a few adjustments. Appreciate your feedback and support ✌🏻
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This is the kind of true off grid stuff I like to learn about. I had a good idea what you were doing pretty quick, as I have studied earth air heat exchange systems (fancy way of saying earth tubes) for some time.
With the help of some online chat groups, I have been running simulations on several designs for a passive solar home with earth tubes for air intake and clear story "vent" window for the circulation. Much like a chimney draft, hot air rises out of the clear story window pulling fresh, tempered air in through the earth tubes. The goal is no cost heating and cooling year round, and no major mechanical systems to break down or wear out over time. Heat in the winter provided by solar heat gain, and cooling in the summer provided by the earth tubes. An automatic solar greenhouse vent cylinder will act as the "thermostat", varying the the clear story window opening to control the air flow. They have been used in greenhouses for a long time, require no electric, and can last 50 years or more. Probably longer inside a house, as the humidity will be less than a greenhouse typically is.
That’s awesome! Back to the basics with today’s tech. Great things can happen ✌🏻
I think what you’re doing with your home is amazing!! I have recently decided I would like to build an underground house with a southern exposure greenhouse entrance.
Would also like to use the earth tubes to regulate temperature.
Just not very much info out there.
I’ve heard of a house that someone dug and built a six foot hallway around the outside of its basement. Cement brick walls, but I don’t know how it’s covered. The owner did that back in the ‘70s during the oil embargo. The current owners also have heated floors and as a result pay very little for heating even in northern Wisconsin winters.
Only thing with earth tubes you need to be careful about is moisture inside the tubes building bad microbial stuff that can contaminate the site being brought in.
@@fullcircledesignsllc5408 Yep. They need to be laid to drain to the outside just like any drainage pipe. Smooth interior walls and lay a cable in during installation for cleaning with white vinegar rag as needed. Usually once or twice a year. Drilling "drainage holes" in the bottom of the pipe is a bad idea, though commonly mentioned. That can allow radon gas an entry point, and don't function as well as as just installing them on a grade for drainage.
Grand IDEA! THANK YOU SO MUCH. Wish our ground was not completely frozen or I would be out there doing this now here in Upper Michigan. These old ways have to be passed on and I can't thank you enough.
Thanks so much for the feedback! I’m going to do an update next month when frost gets deeper. I’m on the troll side of the bridge and we warmed back up a bit. I did do a few adjustments that will help you out for next season. Thanks for your time and support ✌🏻
Your best man has excellent aim with that pick! Thanks for the video!
Right on! Almost like he’s done that before lol. Your welcome appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
Totally going to try this next Summer. We live here in Iowa. I do the farming. It is my gig.
AWSOME! Doing update video on a few adjustments in couple weeks. Thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
what a fantastic idea. As an elderly woman with no strong men to dig the hole, I cannot make one, but I love the idea! Thanks!
Thanks a lot! So far it’s working out. Thanks for the feedback and support ✌🏻
Get a jack hammer.
Dig the hole before the ground gets frozen
Perhaps rent an auger from home depot ? 💪🏾
@@blackgirloffgrid1054have you ever used an arguer? Way harder then digging
Well this is interesting.... We live in Wisconsin and there is not a chance we can dig that far down without machinery. This will be a great project for my kids next year!
Awesome! I’ll put out update video next month when colder and show any improvements done. Thanks for the feedback back. Much appreciated ✌🏻
Awesome I’m gonna make one of those live in Colorado Strasburg. I bet he keeps it cooler in the summer.
Alaska refrigerator lol thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
Great tip. Also agree about teaching old tips to the next generation.
Appreciate it. Thanks✌🏻
this is one of the best idia for homesteading and using the sourse that we have alrady there and reduse hydro bills thanks a lot for sharing you got new subscribe greeting from canada.
Ahh man thanks a lot! I’m putting out update video on any adjustments made with different temps at end of weekend. Might help you out. Appreciate the feedback and support✌🏻
Another tactic that I've seen: Use a barrel to feed a water-nipple pipe. I detest open shallow pan waterers, they're disgusting in minutes and miserable to clean midwinter. Make the nipple-waterer pipe out of black ABS. It's the same set-up, but you put a small uninsulated barrel over the heat pipe, and invert a larger insulated barrel over it. A 30-gallon plastic potable barrel and a 55-gallon drum, painted black, that's stuffed with insulation works pretty well. Since you have to remove the insulating barrel from time to time to replenish the water, you can keep it in place with window screen or hardware cloth. Great video, thanks for the content!
Thanks a lot! That’s awesome! I did do a few improvements to it will put out update video in couple weeks when gets a little colder. Appreciate the feedback and support ✌🏻
@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041 Happy I found your channel!
The strength of the young, the wise guidance of the aged.
And the cycle continues! Thanks for the feedback much appreciated ✌🏻
good idea for moderate cold. Winters in northern BC would overwhelm the geothermal heating effect, however….frost penetrates past 4 feet here. My solution is fresh warm water for my hens, every 8 hours, and kept inside the coop, where the bodyheat from all my birds keeps the ambient air temperature quite a bit warmer than outdoors. We hit -40° temps thru the winter…solar panel and direct connection to a heating element helps some…but again, winters offer minimal sun for this to work well. Extraordinary warm el nińo winter this year….chickens are still having dust baths outside, Dec 15…and still laying up a storm! Cheers from the great white north!👍🇨🇦
Ya that’s definitely a different world there. Won’t help much😳 I was in a T shirt yesterday on the river crazy warm😎✌🏻
So glad to see your son helping you. The young guys this days are many with out a clue 😢
Thanks a lot! Me too. Ya we are in big trouble there is no kids in the trades at all.✌🏻
If you pot some dark gravel or dark flat stone around it it’ll attract more heat as well as keep the water cleaner. This is great! Wish I were young enough to do this. I just keep changing the water during the day. ❤thank you. I’m a new subscriber
Thanks for the feedback and support! Great tip! I did do a couple upgrades to it to help out keeping water cleaner and warmer. I’ll put out another video update next month when it gets colder✌🏻
Good idea! We are lucky enough to have A LOT of shale here.
I like using large, old coolers and chest freezers for these kind of projects. No rot or need paint.
Right on! Great idea. Thanks for the share ✌🏻
Oh Thank You!!!...i dont use electric from the "grid" at all...and even this early in the winter season my chickens water ices up everyday...i usually just drop a couple of heated rocks from my woodstove into their pan twice a day...but i like this idea and will give it a try if only just to see how well it works because i raised a orphened deer fawn this summer and she drinks from the chickens pan daily...
Right now! You’re the reason I’m trying this! Have a loft fill of heaters in the barn. We raised fallow deer for about 15 years I sure do miss them. I’ll put out update video in couple weeks when colder to show you the adjustments I made. Thanks for the feedback and support ✌🏻
I've never seen such a shovel so flimsy! Thanks for sharing!
lol me either!! Never noticed till that day. Gotta watch what I buy😳 thanks for the feedback much appreciated ✌🏻
You noticed that, too? I thought it was my imagination!
Great video. I subscribed. I wonder if you could rig up a solar panel with an engine heating pad or heat tape that you’d put on pipes. If the temp ever got below 40 in that water, the heat tape would automatically kick on. I love learning these old skills. What you showed requires no panels, batteries or anything like that and it’s completely passive. I think that’s awesome. Thanks for the info.
Great idea! It has been working great. Another tip that someone shared was they said there grandpa used same method for larger animals and he use to drive rebar in ground in a circle under bowl and that helped transfer the heat up by bowl. Thought that was a good improvement too. Appreciate your feedback and support. Here’s a link to my update video I did. Might help out✌🏻
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Awesome, thanks! I’ll check it out.
A big thanks to all of you who shared your ideas, as well.
I attended a Farm (high school) School and I will be sharing this post with them, as well as my cousin who is continuing farming, as did his parents, and grands.
Great idea, as well as all of those who shared your ideas here.
Now that I am retired, I am finally in the process of finding my forever home and farm to be a place where Veterans, First Responders, SpecialNeeds Children, and others can come and find comfort and peace at. There are existing Programs for Veterans to help them get a farm and teach them how to get started so they have a great foundation and success rate... me, my plan is to be doing much the same. I'll be raising some of our Endangered Livestock Species, instead.
Now, you got me curious as to what my cousin has been doing.
Blessings to you and to those that have shared and to those yet to post.
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Thank you so much. That was always a dream of mine (if I ever struck it rich) to have a place for kids of every kind to come and experience the simple things and ways in life that is now just overlooked or totally forgotten. That is so AWSOME for you I wish you great success on your journey!! I’m glad you found interesting and wanting to share. Much appreciated! I did put out an update video on how it reacted to the different temps and a few adjustments made. Thanks again my friend ✌🏻 here’s a link to that video
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Most awesome! Love the old tried and true ways! Thanks for sharing!
Right on! Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
Thanks for the video. Fine work by your number one helper.
Thanks much! lol sorry I missed the response✌🏻
Bit of extra wood you could just build a small little house over it. Probably cost you like 25 bucks. Could use a bit more straw to keep it even more insulated. Or build it inside? Next to the coop? My Grandpa's coop has polycarb roofing and it acts as a greenhouse, but this definitely would help too.
I was thinking the same thing. Nice comment.
Thanks for the tip! I did add a lid with smaller hole and put a clear Tupperware over the top of that with one side cut out . To use solar effect and wind off it and help keep water clean. I’ll put update of things that got changed to improve!! Really appreciate your input and ideas! Thanks for the support ✌🏻
@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041 Ah, no problem. I'm just thinking with Canadian winters, -40. More shelter is better lol.
I think you could even get clear containers from the dollar store that would last a few years too. Or a cheap plastic garbage can.
This is very useful though, I might even go install it at my aunts place, as she keeps her dog in the orchard and having warm water would be great for her.
I’m a mom, and a grandma. I just wish you had some type of grid on top of that pole to keep a small child from falling down in it.
Love this project
Ya we keep it totally covered and in a fenced pen. We will be careful. Appreciate the concern and support ✌🏻
I love how the chicken drank from the pan on the ground, that you just broke the ice layer on, instead of from the water in the box XD
lol what can you do😁✌🏻
Very interesting project! Looks like you've used every available option in the construction process to ensure you get optimum results. Was going to suggest restricting how much surface area was exposed, but you beat me to it. You've obviously put a lot of thought into a solution for frozen chicken water. I've read that adding a bit of apple cider vinegar and/or molasses to watering pans will prevent complete freeze up as these items have a lower freeze point. Water may turn slushy, but remains drinkable. In the coldest parts of your winter, you could lower a thermometer on a string into the hole, put the pan back in place, then return an hour later and retrieve the thermometer. Would be interesting to know the difference between temperature at bottom of hole and outside air temperature. Just a thought. :)
He thanks for the feedback! I like the thermometer idea that would be good to know. I did make couple changes to help with keeping water cleaner and from freezing. I’ll put out update video in couple weeks when frost gets deeper. Appreciate your suggestions and support ✌🏻
I'd have used spray foam to keep critters from living in wood frame but that stuff is expensive. I'd put handles on it by making holes in the rim and pieces of rope to ease removal for cleaning.
Great vid!
Thanks great tips! Going to add the handles. Thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
Well, I never thought I'd see one again after my dad died in 2003. God how I miss him!
Here we are, 2024, and I do believe in watching a man raising other men. You rock mister! Presently living in a town where the laws don't allow chickens 😮 and the world going to shit right before my 57 year old eyes, but if I had them, they'd have water, for sure. You raising men is most impressive. I'm dying to see your other videos. Lost all my men recently, all home again with the Lord. Keep those videos coming. You made me smile 😃 with your sunshine.
Hey thanks alot . Those are kind words! Raise them how I was raised i guess. My dad told me about this 20 years ago. Too bad it took me this long to hear what he had to say😳 lol he thought it was a good idea and don’t remember telling me about it or knowing about it. Time flies. Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
I just wanted to give a big thank you for my silver bar and sweet t shirt. I will wear it proudly this summer! Thanks again Sir!
Right on 👍 glad to hear sorry for delay✌🏻
I have never seen a shovel head bend like that. That is one strong shovel to pop back like it did.
Me either. And have 1000’s of hours on one. Crazy lol ✌🏻
Great idea! So glad to see this father and son project.
Right on! Lucky to have a hands on family 😊✌🏻
Looks like that's a Summer job. 😄
Agree totally 😎⛏️✌🏻
Bless your heart ! Thanks guys I’m going to do this for a well on my property too!
Thanks so much! I’m putting out another video in couple weeks when colder on the Couple adjustments I made. Appreciate the feedback and support ✌🏻
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated ✌🏻
We always just build it inside the coop.so it helped heat the insulated coop at the same time. Then we would just cover the hole and use a waterer in the yard spring to fall.
I have always did the same. Put new coop in different location this year and didn’t have time to move electric. Sooooo let the winter begin!!! Actually always wanted to do this. This was my old pheasant pen. Chickens had there coop inside cow barn. Thanks man
An idea occurred to me: putting a black lid with small openings for birds to drink from would keep the water clean and warmer.
Yes! I just said to my husband that when we convert the llama shed into a new coop we should build one of these inside. Great minds, and all that.
@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041fellow michagander here...what an awesome diy project looks like ilk be breaking out my pick tomorrow. Quick question are you a yupper or a troll. I'm troll in the lower third of the mitten myself. Have a great day and thanks for the great video.
@@zephyrwinkle6552 fellow troll here lol✌🏻
Live up north. Our nites have been lows of 12. Can't wait to hear ur updates. Love this plan.
Working out great so far! Here’s the update video. Appreciate your feedback and support ✌🏻
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Cool idea, kind of like the thermal homes & greenhouses 👍👍
Thanks! Right on.👍 appreciate your feedback ✌🏻
Cool! I live in Wyoming so am not sure how this will do but I am sure gunna try it! Thanks! Good kids have a good dad!
I saw a comment that suggested using a tire instead of a box, I think I’ll try both.
Thanks a lot! Appreciate that. I put out update video on how it reacted at different temps. And a couple updates. Might be helpful✌🏻
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Been using ‘frost-free’ waterers for cattle for decades (on the backside of pond dams). Sometimes the ice still must be broken off of the surface but overall the design is good and no pipes break. It will be interesting to see how well your design works in temps well below zero this winter.
I’m curious how long that straw insulation will last before worms and rain help compost that down entirely and you lose your air gap.
That’s awesome! I agree less water carried in the winter is a plus! I’ll put out an update next month. I did do a couple of adjustments to help keep water cleaner and help from skimming over. I planned on changing the stray out next fall before winter. Don’t think it will be a big job to change. Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
Maybe use spray foam instead of straw? Would last a whole lot longer.
Thanks for the information. There is so much we have lost as a species. It is great to preserve and share..... Also, it might be good to put a mini greenhouse over this with a small chicken door... I will do something like this/what you showed in the future. I like the simple design. No worry about power outages.... I purchased 8 heater plates and ran all sorts of heavy extension cords plus a heated hose and backup battery banks. It is so complicated. Unnecessary really, with something like this in place.
Your welcome . Yes I agree! I’ll put out update video next month and show any improvements made. Your feedback is much appreciated ✌🏻
I wish I found this information before my ground froze but I definitely will do that for the next winter. Thanks for sharing
Nice. I’m putting up date video in couple weeks when colder in a few adjustments I did. Thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
I'd really like to do this but I've got major rock problems. I like the video and concept though. 👍
Ya that could be a problem ⛏️ I appreciate the input and support ✌🏻
Jack hammer from
Harbor freight does wonders
@@TeaTephiTrumpet777 it's only sandrock but it's a solid layer forever deep. Might be worth a try I suppose.
Thanks! We're off-grid and just give everyone snow or chipped ice, but the sheep really aren't keen on just ice... will have to figure out our frost line and install one of these gizmos in their barn!
AWSOME!!! Doing an update on any adjustments made and suggestions after weekend. Might help out. Appreciate the feedback✌🏻
Build one to water your stock, too. If they only get ice/snow for moisture they have to use energy (food) to produce the hea 8:01 t needed to thaw out and use that moisture. T
his way it cuts a little off your feed bill.
Brilliant. I am impressed. If only I could get past the rocks to post hole even a two foot hole!
Freezing water for the animals is a major issue for us in the South. We just do not have the skills that our northern kinsmen have.
Thanks a lot. Water is quit a choir in the winter months. Your feedback is much appreciated ✌🏻
Wow , how cool of an idea. Sweet sharing brother. Enjoyed watching this. 😅👊💪✌️⚒️⚒️⚒️⚒️🇺🇸
Thanks Kirk, as always it’s a test in progress. lol
I think I’d put a screen over the tube to keep my curious chooks from inspecting it when I’m cleaning the bowl in the warm weather.
I put a piece of dark neoprene floating on my fish ‘pond’ to give them shade and it prevents ice, so maybe just a piece of that covering 2/3 of the bowl would work.
Appreciate your demo! Thank you. New sub.
Thanks a lot for the feedback and support!!! That’s a good idea I will try that. Put out update video on how it worked at different temps if interested ✌🏻
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I've put a little molasses in water before to keep it from freezing to quick ,pluss it has some good vitamins , used it for goats one year.
Good tip!! Must be the sugars in it. Never tried it but now on my list. Thanks✌🏻
Great job! Simple and effective!
What a great find that~
Cheers to many more Blissful moments!
Thank you very much! Really appreciate that. Cheers✌🏻
So glad I happened on this channel, this info is life saving to animals and humans. Subbing.👍
Appreciate that and thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
Fantastic!!!! We’re getting to need this genius creation even her in South Carolina! Been in the teens this week at night! Cold!!!
Right on! I did a follow up video on how it reacted at the different temps and couple improvements. Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated ✌🏻
Awesome. I'm subscribing and will be waiting for a midwinter update on how well it works.
Maybe place a plastic bag over the end of your pipe before packing in the insulation to keep the straw out. You could even tape it on and cut away the opening when you're done.
That’s a good idea 👍 thanks for the share and support!!! It is very much appreciated ✌🏻
Wow, that is awesome!
Thanks! Still working great 👍 I put out update video on how it’s working at different temps and couple adjustments. ✌🏻
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not word for word but saddly Your absolutely right that we need to teach the younger the old ways that are being forgoten and lost to time. i love this idea and wish i had know it when i was "managing" chickens...
Thank You
Soooo true! Very important as it seems history and old ways are disappearing quick😳🙁 I appreciate your feedback ✌🏻
You: “We probably got an hour and a half into the whole project.”
Me: “I might have it dug by winter 2024.” “Maybe.”
lol Need a young helper with strong back. I’m down to my last one and he’s about gone lol thanks for the share✌🏻
Great video!
I appreciate that! ✌🏻
Never thought of using the geothermal aspect for chickens... nice job.
Thanks a lot!! Feedback is much appreciated!! Thought we try it out. ✌🏻
I’m very impressed
Wow thanks a lot! Much appreciated! ✌🏻
Thanks for sharing and passing on the knowledge.
Right on!!! Appreciate the feedback. ✌🏻
Groovy Baby 10-4 Nice Show
Right on with the right on 😎✌🏻
Very cool. I've seen something similar with a tire instead of the wooden box.
Thanks✌🏻
great tips and demo of it working!!!!
Thanks Corey was only 29 last night so will see
New sub here great video we live in upstate New York we will be doing this next year we plan on going off grid next year or so this will be very helpful
Thanks and that’s awesome! It’s working well and I’ll put out update video in couple weeks with any adjustments made. Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041 your welcome can’t wait to see it
I like this idea. I'm thinking of some screening and hardware
cloth on the top that would keep debris and animals/snakes
out of that hole. Thank you for the video.
Thanks a lot!! Ya that would be beneficial. Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
Here is one back at you, and thanks for the info and video... So... You want to thaw the surface of the grass, so you can dig into it in the deep freeze? Lay a piece of hard stryofoam insulation, at least 2" thick, but shoot for the thickest you can get, now lay it on the spot you wanna thaw and put a mason brick carefully on it, or something very heavy, and come back to the spot tomorrow. It will be thawed. I used to install satellite dishes, and had to dig post holes all yr long. Works everytime. I shovel off any snow first just to make sure. Some snow wont hurt if its too deep to clear.
Thanks a lot ! I really appreciate that. Now that is a great to know tip!!! Makes sense and it will be one I will remember! Really appreciate the feedback brother✌🏻
Geo thermal can provide heat for a greenhouse too but you gotta dug it out and build piping under the greenhouse then use a fan to blow the heat from the top of the greenhouse into the ground so it keeps the ground warm even on the coldest nights. And everything grows better with warm soil.
Absolutely great tip to share! I thank you for that! Feedback much appreciated ✌🏻
Nice design.
Thank you so much. Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
I stacked 3 thick cardboard Boxes together and then put the water bucket inside them plus cardboard on the top and worked very well but I like this idea
Right on 👍 good idea. So far working out for us. Appreciate the share and support ✌🏻
What a fantastic idea thanks for this
Right on thanks for the feedback back! I’ll be posting update video next month to show any Improvements I made once frost gets deeper. Appreciate the support ✌🏻
Strong young man there
That he is✌🏻
Pop a tennis ball in the bowl. It will still freeze a little bit but wont make a solid ice lid. Good for popping in water troughs for cows too. Even a peice chopped off a 4x4 .it doesn't have to rest on the bottom, best to allow it to float, but the hens won't be able to stand on the ball.(NZers tip)😄
Great tip! Your feedback is much appreciated! Thank you✌🏻
Cool!
Much appreciated ✌🏻
Good stuff man! New subscriber here!
Thanks so much!! Appreciate the feedback and support ✌🏻
Biggest thanks!!🤗❤️🙏
Right back at you! Much appreciated ✌🏻
Great idea.
Thanks working out great✌🏻
Awesome information, probably wouldn't have thought of this myself.
Hope it helps out. Working great so far. Thanks for the feedback much appreciated ✌🏻
“Grab the pick boy!” Sound like me talking to my son!
Got my sub!
lol that’s normal around here😁I really appreciate that. Put out a update vid last night on that project last night✌🏻🍻
Possible solution for protection at night…could you create a hood over the opening with inverted feeders or 90 degree elbows where the chickens can stick their heads in and drink?
Great idea!! I did put a Tupperware bowl over it upside down with hole cut out. Help keep water cleaner and helps keep heat in and a little solar during day. I’ll put update video out in couple weeks when frost deeper to show all updates to it. Thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
I will have to try this here in Georgia - somewhat amateur chicken owner
@@enjoyingnorthwoods4041 I have to figure out what to do with all my 90 degree elbows and all the screw in feeders I brought for automatic feeders - the darn chickens still waste food and the 4 legged critter get inside their feeders. So as was watching your video I figured they could be put to good use. I’ll watch for your update.
Love learning and teaching my daughter to keep the old ways.
Right on 👍 totally agree ✌🏻
I lived in the midwest and what was most common was a wind driven agitator. Works like magic.
Yes so true hanks for the feedback ✌🏻
Stops it freezing but this will make it slightly warmer-which should encourage stock to drink a bit more (nobody likes drinking super chilled water!)
@@ewithnall right on thanks✌🏻
This gave me an idea to add a few degrees to my makeshift green house. I'm thinking if I were to bury a few pipes into the ground, the earth would raise the temp slightly. Bet I could get enough change to change get an extra zone out of my greenhouse.
Awesome let me know if that helps out. How interesting! ✌🏻
I did watch a video about 10 years ago about using, 8"-10" pipes buried 10 ft deep to heat/cool a new home build, along with a south-facing wall of windows. It was a very expensive home, mostly done as an environmental effort as they certainly didn't need to save money, with the price tag on the home. I always thought it was a good idea.
@@beccagee5905 that is very interesting thanks✌🏻
First off, as a guy who works in the soil I would search for a heavy gauge shovel that will not bend when you put some weight on it. I have had to search for them but am thankful I have a tool that can accomplish the work without me fearing I would break it. With the heavy gauge steel I can put an edge on them where I can cut schedule 40 PVC.
lol wish you could of been there. Never seen nothing like it. 😳 we were laughing. I was in landscape construction for the first half of my life. That one’s definitely for the beach 🏝️ ✌🏻
I'll have to try that in my Northern Minnesota coop
Right on wish you luck my friend ✌🏻
What an awesome idea! Thankyou!
Your welcome! Thanks for the feedback and support ✌🏻
"Grab that pick, boy. Don't be scared of it." LOL!!!
lol 😂⛏️✌🏻
Good wisdom
Thank you sir! Don’t hear that often😂 appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
never seen that done but it sure will work. thank you
Thanks a lot. I’ll put out update video next month on changes or improvements done as gets colder✌🏻
Genius! I love this idea!
Like the coyote 😂 thanks for the feedback and support ✌🏻
@enjoyingnorthwoods4014
You're welcome!
Great idea! Do this in June, haha.
Could have, should have, would have!!! Story of my life 😂 thanks for the share ✌🏻
Thank you for this video.
Your welcome! lol appreciate the feedback. Update video end of weekend on any adjustments made and how it did in different temps✌🏻
I've got 2 daughters that's not going to get their hands dirty what so ever and their mother has short people syndrome so I'm just going to keep breaking the ice in the morning and hang out with the chickens for a while stay safe my friend 😁👍
Haha but sounds like you got a plan though. Appreciate the feedback stay warm✌🏻
Great rodent home you made there. Insulated and everything! ;)
So far still vacant 😃 but another protein source for me or the chickens is a win win.😋 Thanks for the feedback ✌🏻
Yeah, we don't have rocks, but clay. Solid, piedmont, red clay! We got an auger attachment for our little tractor, so we use that. If we do this, I would use it, that's for sure.
I really hate the water freezing on my chickens, so this idea is a great for me. Even for a natural, wild bird bath!
They're awesome, and I recommend these attachments. The only catch; don't get the longest attachment. It didn't work well at all, sucking or drilling, itself into the ground, once it went past the depth that the standard auger digs to. So you're better off using standard size. This project it would work for anyhow.
That’s the way to do it for sure lol. Great tip! Digging in clay is never fun. Appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
Good job!
It dont get as cold here inNW Alabama as where you are but I have one if those black pans like you do.
I also fill a soda bottle or 2 about half way with cooking oil or alcohol, leaving an air pocket inside the soda bottle and float them in the pan. Neither will freeze very easy and it floats and helps keep ice from forming on the surface of the water. The wind helps move the bottles as well as the chickens pecking at them.
It dont prevent the water from freezing but it does slow it down.
Very cool!! Great tip and thanks for sharing!! Really appreciate the feedback ✌🏻
Nice
Thank you✌🏻