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Oh. The evaporation was for a heated pool. The point of the example was to find how much heat needed to be added to maintain the temperature. "...Most of the heat or energy required for the evaporation is taken from the water itself. To maintain the water temperature - heat must be supplied to...

It is really rough. And I don't really follow all the math either. Plugging in differences doesn't always work and may not here either. I don't see the mistakes yet but I make a lot of them. And thank you for bringing up possible issues.

Yes, open water would not be a good choice for every situation. One would want to choose a very stable bucket. Or weight it. Or tie it. Or brace it. Or something. And place the bucket in a corner. Or on a riser. Or some such place less likely to be stepped in. And not in a very crowded coop...

I keep an open water bucket in my coop. I often see people say not to do that in the winter because of the moisture it adds via evaporation. I don't think it adds enough to matter (at least in a well ventilated coop), partly because I don't see evidence of it mattering in my coop and partly...