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B'villechicken : Quote: I haven't seen a problem not having a big thermal mass for my water heater. The water itself is a thermal mass and heat transferred to it will buffer the temp changes. I use an old cookie sheet on top of my ciookie tin to keep the hens from sliding the waterer off...

Quote: I use 40 watt bulbs and put plastic waterers on mine. have used for a couple of months with no problems.

i have a wall outlet in my coop. we have an outside outlet on our house. we ran a heavy duty orange extension cord underground from outlet to outlet. i do not know much about electricity. will i be ok to run two or three of these tins? the outlet in the coop will let me plug in 4 cords. the...

Quote: joanne fabrics sells tins and all the christmas stuff is 60 to 70 percent off. this is a great time to find tins anywhere.

you could run the cord through a pvc pipe or an empty soda bottle so the chickens could not peck them. this is a great idea. i am so sick of frozen water already. i have tins, sockets, and plastic pipe on hand so these will cost me nothing!!