Hand warmers for winter water/warmth?

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barbieszoo

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Someone mentioned in another thread using hand warmers to keep chicks warm. I got to wondering if a hand warmer (some of them are supposed to last 8 hrs) would be a good method of keeping chickens (I'll only have 2) and their water from freezing during those few Oklahoma winter days/ nights that freeze water almost solid. I was going to use a heat lamp but I've heard a lot of you say they are a bad fire hazard. Anyone used a hand warmer under their small chicken waterer or wrapped up in a sock to lay amongst some hay for the hens to cuddle around? Do you think it would be too hot, or totally inefficient? New at this so any advice helps.
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sounds expensive. if you secure your heat lamp and keep the bulb a safe distance from the chickens and bedding, you will be fine. you could also get a heat base for your waterer or a heated bucket.
 
When I had a few birds in a small coop, just starting out, we would heat a river rock on the hearth, wrap it in an old towel and put it under the roost. That being said, there was a great thread going last winter about putting a bucket of hot water in the coop to keep it warm since water will hold/absorb more heat than a rock. Maybe if you do a search or someone might remember that thread...
 
depending on the size of the coop i have seen using 55 gallon barrels filled with water painted black as thermal mass heat absorbers. blocks will do the same.
 
I use heat lamps but wire them to the rafters so there is no way they can fall into the bedding. This year I am gonna use a heater to keep it just above freezing. I also use a heated dog bowl for their waterer in the winter.
 
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I believe the water was in capped jugs, just using the containers filled with hot water to radiate heat during the night, not releasing humidity into the environment.
 
barbieszoo said:
Someone mentioned in another thread using hand warmers to keep chicks warm. I got to wondering if a hand warmer (some of them are supposed to last 8 hrs) would be a good method of keeping chickens (I'll only have 2) and their water from freezing during those few Oklahoma winter days/ nights that freeze water almost solid. I was going to use a heat lamp but I've heard a lot of you say they are a bad fire hazard. Anyone used a hand warmer under their small chicken waterer or wrapped up in a sock to lay amongst some hay for the hens to cuddle around? Do you think it would be too hot, or totally inefficient? New at this so any advice helps.
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Thanks!
Kristy
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