"Stay Clean" Chicken Waterers

Stay Clean Chicken Waterers LIVESTOCK Poultry “It keeps your chickens’ drinking water clean at all times and takes the mess out of changing the water ” says Leonard Wogsland Pensacola Fla about his new “Chicken Kooler” watering system for backyard chicken producers The CK3 Chicken Kooler is a totally contained system that includes a 3 1/2-gal see-through blue plastic bucket with an “EZ Access Lid” and 4 specially designed drinker valves on the bottom which allow multiple chickens to drink at one time The bucket hangs 18 in above the ground in your coop or run allowing the chickens to drink from under the pail The lid has a 1 1/2-in dia hole with a stopper This allows for easy refilling of water adding vitamins or electrolytes for the chickens An optional lid with a garden hose attachment allows you to refill the pail by simply turning on your outside water faucet An optional heater lid element can be placed in the bottom of the pail to keep the water at a constant 35 to 40 degrees even in subzero temperatures “Commercial chicken houses have been using drinker valves for years I’ve just adapted the technology by modifying a gravity fed drinker valve to a different application When the chicken moves the stem on the bottom of the ball the valve gets pushed up and water flows down to the bottom of the stem It takes only about 90 seconds for chickens to learn to drink from the valves The system also works with ducks and guinea hens too ” Several other models are also available The CK1 is made for small flocks of 5 or less It comes with a 1-gal pail and 2 drinker valves and sells for $22 90 The CK2 comes with a 3 1/2-gal pail and 3 drinker valves and sells for $29 90 Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Leonard Wogsland 217 Saint Eusebia St Pensacola Fla 32503 ph 850 221-7077; lwogsland@cox net; www cheerychicks com

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