Super awesome winter water system idea

I have an all shaded area and it has to work in ice storms
Hmmmm....an insulated (various materials to use for insulation) 5 gallon bucket with horizontal nipples instead of the vertical ones. Set the bucket on a couple cinder blocks with the holes in the blocks up. You'll get a bit of heat from the ground if your blocks are on straw or shaving type bedding. If you top off your bucket with hot water in the morning, it won't freeze down to the bottom if you have circulation and your lows only get to 10. We get temperatures below zero during the worst part of winter. In my polish pen, I have a 2 quart container with the horizontal nipples. It sits on a cinder block upon which I put one of those seedling heat mats. At 18 below zero outside (I'm not sure of the temp in the coop) that little bottle never froze.
 
My thought right now is definitely insulate a 5 gallon heated bucket bucket with fire retardant foam on the inside and radiant heat barrier x 10 to keep them from pecking at it. Then put the nipples at a 45 degree angle at the bottom.

My second thought is power inverter but those are expensive
 
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About moving water not freezing, true but moving water will not warm it.

It will be very cold water if ambient temperatures are much below freezing.

Not sure I would want my flock drinking super cold water.
 

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