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  1. RedMeadowFarm

    REALLY cold weather

    Last winter in North MN I had a similar situation. I set up a cinder block with a 60 watt bulb inside to set the water on and not freeze(too much). This had the added benifit of a radiating heat block for the small lady. She is now a larger, healthy and happy bird. A friend uses a Sweeter...
  2. RedMeadowFarm

    REALLY cold weather

    I am in North Minnesota with over -40f last winter. We used a 60watt bulb in a cinder block with water over that. Except for extreme days kept water from fully freezing and block acted as a radient heater for the birds.
  3. RedMeadowFarm

    REALLY cold weather

    I'm in Northern MN and made an air heater (got idea from builditsolar.com) that uses metal window screen to pull air from outside and pass it through the heated screen before entering coop near ceiling. On a sunny day it warms ventilation air by 40-60 degrees. The natural heat rising...
  4. RedMeadowFarm

    REALLY cold weather

    I live in North Minnesota with -35 temps. I have a one gallon plastic watering container that I used to modify this option. I took a 15" container and used silicon to attach a spare water base in it before adding the concrete and heater. The result was a heated base with an indentation for...
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