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Please share details: I'm assuming vertical nipples. Are you using a thermocube? Aquarium heater? Wattage? anything else? What is your typical winter weather pattern like? Highs during the day? Lows? How often do you have days on end below 0*F? First year with this set up??

You should be able to get the kitty litter buckets free. Just do some networking among your friends... or where ever you have social contacts. I can pick some up almost every week at my local dump. Often, folks set them to the side b/c they know that us scavengers will pick them up.

My plan is to use a 5 gal kitty litter bucket. The lid is "hinged" and easy to lift. If you had a piece of plywood at a 45* angle over the top of your bucket, that would keep them off. Or perhaps a bit of garden fencing wire bent into a steep arch. Or you could make a cone out of some sort...

So, all of your watering systems are in the run, and not in your coop? How do you set up electric to be weather proof? Does your 250W deicer have a built in thermostat? In my smaller coop (4 x 8) the first year with 5 birds, I gave them a flower pot heater for those days on end that never got...