HB-60P Heated 2 gallon Poultry Drinker

es de buena calidad, me gusto mucho y ha sido muy util, yo lo uso con unas codornices.

I bought this waterer to replace the open heated waterer bowl in my coop. I was having issues with the humidity causing so much ice build up around the door that it would freeze shut and I would be out with a pry bar and hammer at -40 trying to get in to care for my birds. Since getting the covered waterer I have not had this humidity problem. Temperatures have not gotten any colder than -25°C since then so I cannot attest to how well it works below that temp. All of my hens and rooster figured out how the nipples work right away. My 2 cockerels took longer to figure it out. A couple of times I went in and found they had gotten the lid off, but I soon realized it requires pushing down to get a tight fit and haven't had this problem since. It does drip and form ice below the nipples from the birds dripping some water, but not a huge deal for me. The coop actually smells better when temps rise to around the freezing level due to the reduced humidity. It does have a relatively short cord, so plan to install it near the plug in. Overall very happy with the product. UPDATE: I have now been using this waterer for 3 winters and it is still going strong, but has had a couple of issues over the years. It works well at -40, but the lid freezes on at temps below -30. It comes off just fine with the help of a flat head screw driver. After 1 year it stopped working. I brought it inside and discovered that water had managed to find its way into the heating coil compartment below the waterer. I took it apart, got it dried out and used silicone to make the seal water tight. No problem since then. A few months ago a nipple started leaking. I brought it inside and found that it had calcium buildup on the rubber ring on the inside of the nipple. I cleaned it off with some CLR and rinsed it thoroughly. Again, problem solved. I would highly recommend this waterer. It has survived the test of time and has more than enough water for my 25 chickens to last a full day.

Works as it should in all kinds of weather and makes for less work in winter in Ontario by keeping water from freezing up

Liked the product and it was better than my other set up. However I have only had it a few months and now the nipples are falling apart and I have no other heater waterer for my flock.

I’ve been using this heated drinker for the past few months (November-present) and can safely say it works. It does leak when the chickens drink and the nipple is so cold it doesn’t shut right away. I noticed this in -25C but it wasn’t too bad in warmer temps. I have the drinker on top of a cinder block so the ice accumulation doesn’t affect the chickens. It just accumulates down the side of the block and doesn’t even get to the ground. The drinker is easy to clean, but it’s large and cumbersome and the electrical cord is permanently attached to the unit. It does not detach so you need to unplug it and take the whole thing out to clean/refill. It would be great if it could just detach. That way in the summer you wouldn’t have to find some creative way to stash the cord if you wanted to continue using your $80 drinker. It’s a pain to wrap it around the unit only to have your hens unwrap it and mess it up again, haha. In the winter there is ice accumulation around the top from the condensation freezing, and that can cause the top to get frozen on. It’s easy to chip loose with a key or something metal but you won’t be able to pull the lid off by hand. Overall, I think it’s been good to have this nipple drinker. It took my hens a little while to get used to using it. They prefer an open water dish, but in winter I didn’t want their wattles getting wet, leaving them vulnerable to frostbite. This solves that problem and their water stays clean. I wouldn’t say it’s the greatest value for the money, though I don’t regret my purchase.