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    Winter is almost here!! Share your tips and tricks for coping the elements with your chickens!

    It was a small vent but I made the hole bigger and added the box to the outside. Its two 12cm pc fans I got off ebay, I put them together because I was limited on space and incase one failed during winter. The blue/purple box is just a piece of scrap pine I had and made the box slightly bigger...
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    Winter is almost here!! Share your tips and tricks for coping the elements with your chickens!

    I really wouldn't want to haul water but if I have no choice, I will. I'll keep searching around and see if I can find a deal on nipples. At the moment, they have 4 but could easily get away with 2. I could probably even replace the metal parts for plastic, that alone would help a lot. I...
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    Winter is almost here!! Share your tips and tricks for coping the elements with your chickens!

    I read that too. It is a concern of mine. I'm not sure where to buy horizontal nipples besides on the US ebay listing. It would cost me about $15 per nipple. I do have a plan B if they freeze. Plan C is to bring them fresh water a few times a day. The vertical nipples I have don't exactly...
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    Winter is almost here!! Share your tips and tricks for coping the elements with your chickens!

    Yea it is getting colder earlier this year, hope it isn't a sign of a really cold winter. Here's a few images to visualize it better. I wasn't going for looks, I just wanted it to work.
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    Winter is almost here!! Share your tips and tricks for coping the elements with your chickens!

    It's my first winter too, so I'm not sure if the modifications I did will work. Past two nights it has gone down to 0c so I'll be testing it soon. I wrapped 9' of heating tape around a 2 gallon bucket and wrapped that with insulation, it has nipples at the bottom. I built a 4x8 run with a...
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