Little Giant® Automatic Poultry Fount | Game Bird Fount | Heavy Duty Plastic | Waterer Bowl with Hose Attachment | 2 Pints
$37.79
Price: $37.79
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This dependable waterer provides a limitless supply of clean water for adult game birds and small chicken breeds. Everything you need is included to hook up to any standard half- inch NPT pipe. Heavy-duty plastic bowl with non-rusting brass fountain stem. Valve safely operates between 20 and 50 psi. Holds 2 pints of water and waters up to 175 birds. Bowl measures 6.5 inch in diameter and 2.5 inch deep. Little Giant Bowl Guard (Item 1018) to prevent roosting on the fount sold separately. (NOTE: This fount will attach to a garden hose with an adapter going from 1/2 inch male iron pipe to 3/4 inch female hose; adapter not included with product).
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 6.5 x 6.5 x 5 inches; 9.6 ounces
Item model number : 2500
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Date First Available : November 14, 2008
Manufacturer : Miller Manufacturing
ASIN : B000AYFZ60
COMPATIBLE WITH HOSE – The automatic water bowl hooks up to any standard half- inch NPT pipe.
ENDLESS FLOW – The automatic flow provides a limitless supply of clean water.
STRONG FLOW RATE – The waterer’s valve safely allows for safe operation between 20 and 50 psi.
HIGH CAPACITY – Great for large flocks, this waterer holds 2 pints of water, waters up to 175 birds.
GREAT DESIGN – The heavy-duty plastic bowl with non-rusting brass fountain stem has a 6.5 inch in diameter and 2.5 inch deep.
Customers say
Customers find the water dispenser works well for their birds and keeps them supplied with fresh water. The product is easy to clean and install, with one customer noting it hooks up easily to a five-gallon bucket. Durability receives mixed feedback – while some report it lasts over six months, others say it fails quickly. Moreover, several customers report issues with overflow and leakage, particularly with the valve, and difficulty adjusting the water level.
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13 reviews for Little Giant® Automatic Poultry Fount | Game Bird Fount | Heavy Duty Plastic | Waterer Bowl with Hose Attachment | 2 Pints
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CHE ORTIZ –
Chicken automatic water bowl.
I had the smaller version for about 7 years. It worked great, with proper cleaning and routine maintenance on the water stem, my chickens always had water. I have about 30 chickens and it seemed to be sufficient for the flock. I have mine set up on a 50g barrel. The only reason I’m buying another is my goats got in my chicken pen and rammed it to pieces.
Mark –
Works great!
I installed this watering bowl by running it off of my irrigation line and using pex pipe and fittings. A few adjustments to the internal mechanism and it was putting out a consistent amount of water and refilling automatically. I did have one glitch where it didn’t turn off and was overflowing, but I shook it and it started working again. I assume there was some dirt caught in the mechanism, so now I empty it every night when putting the chickens in the coop to clean it. I still haven’t found that sweet spot where the chickens can drink from it but minimal dirt is kicked in the bowl. Overall I am happy with this product. It’s easy to install, maintain, and repair if needed.
FlyBoyJ –
Excellent Idea, Disappointing Product
Initially this product worked phenomenally, exactly as advertised. I didn’t have any issues going with the 1/2 to 3/4 connection because I had buried some PVC from my faucet to the chicken coop area – you can see in the picture that the bowl is filled and no water is flowing = working perfectly.Fast forward a few days and I go into the run to a huge puddle of water .. Upon further inspection the bottom of the brass flow valve just continued to slowly drip (video). So even after gravity pulled the spring to stop the water from flowing, the tip continued to flow … The birds can’t drink the water fast enough to get it to stop.Really disappointing.UPDATE:I went a purchased valve cores and a valve removal/replacement tool at autozone, similar to this: Slime 20088 4-Way Valve Tool with 4 Valve Cores, once replaced the unit no longer leaks. Not sure if they use subpar parts or what … but it now works and I have extras. The whole fix costs me $3 with tax.
Jennifer Driver –
Cool product! Quality control issue…see my review! Still recommend with fix.
I’ve been using this for many months now. It’s an awesome product except for an issue I had and a few other reviewers…so be prepared. The quality of the base product is great. It takes a while to set up due to adjusting the internal adjustment nuts. This probably needs to be done no matter what due to different water pressure depending on your region. After a few days, I had issues with it getting stuck “off” and not filling. I readjusted and it worked for a day…then stuck off. After playing with it for a while, I discovered that the needle valve on the inside end was sticking. Manually, it didn’t, but when released slowly (as in when water filling) it would stick. Thankfully, I have the correct tool to remove the needle valve core (same as car or bike fill valve). I replaced it with a one a spare car wheel I had sitting in my garage. It’s been about 3 months since and no issues. Looking at the original valve, it is cheep. When pushing it in/out the needle doesn’t stay centered and probably is dragging on the side when installed.
Tracey –
excellent customer service by Miller got my fount working!
i hesitated to purchase this because i read reviews that it doesn’t always work but i really wanted to try because it seemed like the most practical waterer out there.sure enough, mine arrived but had a leak above the control tube cap on the stem assembly. i contacted Miller and they immediately sent me a replacement stem assembly. works like a charm and was worth the extra effort.
Farmer1984 –
Improvement Over Hand Watering
Great idea with some downsides. I’m a vegetable and fruit grower. I started raising laying hens last season. I set up three of these water founts and used them for about 7 months. About once a month or so one would go offline, usually because of clogging or small malfunctions. Not a big deal when compared to hand watering every day but an issue. Also they have a tendency, just like the manual waterers, to accumulate chicken waste, dirt and other contaminates in the bowls. This is not a deal ender because they’re also easy to clean out.I greatly expanded my flock this year and upgraded to the nipple style drinkers made by a company called Ziggity. The nipple drinkers are the perfect solution to all your poultry watering needs: they don’t clog, they stay clean, and your litter will remain drier overall. Nipple drinkers are widely available, I believe a few companies make them, and they are a huge decreaser of work load and increaser of chicken health. They work for small flocks of a few chickens all the way up to hundreds or thousands. You can hook it right in to your garden hose or even easily attach it to a five gallon bucket (check out youtube). Also, the birds will learn to use them in seconds. My first group of chickens that were used to the Fount Waterer went right over to the nipple drinkers and started drinking as soon as we had it set up. FarmTek sells them as complete kits, or you can talk to a distributor and have them send you the perfect components for your system. Don’t be intimated by a new watering system, nipple drinkers are easy to use and your chickens will love it.
S Noland –
Easy peazy watering system
So far so good on this watering bowl. We had been filling another waterer up and packing to the chicken pen. It was becoming a real pain. We bought this and made a watering system with plastic barrel. Now they have fresh water that automatically fills the bowl. It was extremely easy to hookup. Wish we would have done this months ago
randolphhopkins –
All the reviews are correct but itâs an easy fix
So the water bowl does continue to fill once full. But itâs a very simple correction There is a Schrader valve just like the type in a bicycle tire or a car tire located at the bottom of the valve. Itâs very loose after tightening it stop the bleeding by I have 85 PSI water pressure and now it works great.
Evan –
Itâs perfect ! I wouldnât buy any other !
Woodland Jennifer –
We replaced one which was 30 years old.
Tanya McLellan –
I almost returned this, but finally found a friend that figured out the valve itself needed tightening otherwise, the water just free flowed. I googled the product help videos on youtube and none described what needed to be done to make it work. Thankfully it’s no longer overflowing and working as intended, so I rate four stars based on the poor set up instructions.
stacey calvert –
The main part of my product was missing therefor is useless. Cannot get a hold of anyone to help
Joh –
Was replacing old leaky waterer,works great for our flock, delivery was fast 5 star