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Rain refill is a big deal for me. If I added standard rain gutters and ran one of those flexible down-spouts into the top of the bucket, would that increase the chances of the bucket contents freezing? I guess if there is water flowing through the gutters I don't have to worry about that part...

Maybe a bucket hanging in the run with horizontal nipples? I might need to add gutters to the upper level of the coop to allow the new system to collect the water from the coop roof like the old system did. I put out a black livestock pan today and it stayed liquid (it was a bit warmer...

Thanks for the quick reply! I work 12 hour shifts six days a week, so I can't get out there to rotate things. Average lows here seem to be high 20s with highs in the 40s and an occasional cold snap (like the last few days) but never sub-zero. Maybe a 5-gal bucket with horizontal nipples? I could...

This is my current coop setup. It's not pretty, but it works for us. My waterer uses two saddle-style nipples in that segment of PVC pipe. We just moved to a new area with colder weather than our old area, and we just had our first big freeze (it was 15 degrees when I left for work) and the...