The Little Giant® Hen Hydrator is a gravity-fed waterer that easily and safely keeps your adult flock of birds healthy and hydrated. While the translucent bucket provides easy viewing of the water level, the tint also provides UV protection to prevent algae growth and keep your birds at their best.
This new product further broadens our robust line of poultry products for the farm hobbyist. While our Miller legacy has remained a stronghold in the poultry market since 1941, we take pride in continuing to innovate and develop new farm products to best serve our customers and all of those raising chickens.
This short, 1-minute video provides you tips on the best way to hang and use this poultry waterer. Check it out to best utilize your newest poultry waterer!
Looking for a heated hen hydrator for the winter
Hi Carol, we don’t have a heated hen hydrator, but we have a number of galvanized poultry waterers that can be used with our heater base #HB125. For information on where to buy our products, visit https://www.miller-mfg.com/where-to-buy.html Thanks for using Little Giant!
buy an aquarium heater from Walmart and run the plug through the top hole. Works amazing. My heater gave out after one year, but they are $15 so I just bought another this year. Best solution for heated, clean water for chickens.
Thanks for the tip!
How many gallons does it hold?
Thanks for your question! The Hen Hydrator holds 3.5 gallons.
Can I put a 150 watt de-icer in the bucket? It says it is safe for plastic.
Hi Peter- thanks for your question! 2 of our de-icers (Item # 250D or 300) can be used with the Hen Hydrator, but the since the watering nipples are mounted on the outside of the bucket, they may still freeze, as they are still exposed to the air and are not fully in the warm water.
I have had a problem with the hen hydrator becoming air-locked. If I take the plug out, it creates a pool of water on my coop floor. If I push it all the way in, then it becomes air locked and no water comes out of the nipples. Have you heard of this before? The nipples are not blocked, as when I release the air lock, they work fine, but then the chickens take a shower. I love this gadget! It does save me ton of work! Any advice?
Hi Kat- thanks for your question. If you move the nipple plungers to release the water, this should help. When the chickens go to drink, they move the plunger and that will break the slight vacuum and allow the water to flow out. Thank you for using Little Giant!
That is my problem. I move the nipple plungers…so do my chickens,and no water comes out, until i remove the red plug, and replace. Then water comes out again when I hit the nipple plungers. I am having to do this (remove/replace the plug) a couple of times a day, otherwise, nothing comes out of the nipples when you hit them.
I recently installed the Hen Hydrator and I am having the same issue with it air locking. Any updates?
Hi there – would you mind contacting us at CustomerService@miller-mfg.com so we can look into this for you and possibly send you a replacement part or something to make this right?