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An option that may work well for many people. I didn't because the only heated dog bowl in town was $40 vs less than $10 for the aquarium heater. Evidently, some online options are as little as $25 - still more than double. And a big, awkward shaped thing to store for next year vs something an...

It is working. Temperatures 23F drifting down to 19F then slowly up to 26F the first 24 hours. Then slowly up to 29F over the next 4-6 hours. The water in the ice buck stayed liquid and nothing got too hot. I don't have more pictures until I get home. End design is 1" wood block spacers in the...

I don't know... that is a lot of metal not insulated. The first thought was to put insulation all around the bucket... even part of the top. But they don't perch on it like this; I think they would if I covered it or made the walls that much thicker. And they kick very little bedding into it; I...

Current plan is the tiny aquarium heater in a number ten can full of water set in a 2 1/2 gallon pail. The vacuum sealed ice bucket that they currently use for water sets on top of the number ten can. I cut two holes in the lid to the pail. One in the center just big enough for the ice bucket...

My bulbs are "night heat light" I didn't know what that meant so looked it up. "night heat light bulbs give lower heat output than daytime or basking bulbs. And some sites talk about reptile lamps emitting UV spectrum (that is the purpose; some reptiles require it), and that it is not good...

Initially about heat sources in the coop in general https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/a-warning-from-a-firefighter-about-winter-heating.420995/ porcelain socket base, outlet box, wiring, stainless steel pot applicable to heat/light bulbs also...

I need a short term solution to freezing water to make chicken chores easy for the neighbor while I'm gone ten days with temperatures expected to be as low as highs of just below freezing, lows of high teens F (-9 C). This thread is mostly to gather info and ideas. I'm thinking two wateres...