I remember someone asking if I could post some pictures of these to give them some ideas on making them. Can't remember who it was or which forum it was on, so I'll just share it with everyone :p

As you can see it's really simple. The bottom of a metal chicken feeder, some insulation held to the sides with wire, and a light. Keeps it just warm enough to prevent ice from forming in the water A mouse used part of the insulation as its nest while we were storing it, so that's what happend to the one side :p
The only downfall to these is it puts the drinkers up pretty high, so a few bricks around it helps the pidgies get up to drink.

AWSOME!
I love the simple yet effective design
Thank you for sharing the pic
it gave me some ideas
how many watts is the light bulb?

You're welcome! Not sure about the bulb, I'll have to ask my dad tomorrow

Hi Becky,

Thank you for sharing your idea here, sometimes it's much easier & cheaper to do-it-yourself! Great idea and for those on a small budget or who have a little ingenuity to make their own water heater.

Cool...I mean HOT idea Becky! There is nothing worse than iced up drinkers! Our power supply to the barn is not working at the moment so my pigeons can't have such luxuries, but great idea if you've got power.

Lindi

get hamsters and have them run on a wheel
that will get you some power

StoN3d wrote:get hamsters and have them run on a wheel
that will get you some power

LOL ED!!

Lindi

Haha, good luck finding hamsters that big and that willing Ed!
I was thinking more along the lines of....drop cords? But hey hamsters could work!