Advice from Cold Experts: Clean/Fresh Water

[DuckDuckGuinea]

I don't know how you all (who live in cold areas) do it-keeping water fresh and not frozen. Temps have been in the teens. I have turned off my hose and fill up Chick-Fil-A sweet tea containers (sorry-I only eat the salads, cole slaw, and drink the sweet tea), out to the coops AGAIN, and AGAIN, and AGAIN.
Spring can't come soon enough!

 

[Chipper]

Ahhh,This is ware a nice heated water bowl comes in very handy.

I can't wait for spring either.

 

[DuckDuckGuinea]

I have gotten the ones for aquarium that work fine indoors. What about the outdoor containers?

 

[Chipper]

I bought mine online at Meyers hatchery,holds about 1gal.It plugs into an outlet and only comes on when needed.Best investment I ever made.

 

[DuckDuckGuinea]

Just looked up that heater- I bought the same one this past weekend. However, the insert said it was for indoor use only. Think its OK outside?

 

[AkTomboy]

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Mine only get water inside the coop, I still use a hose to water my horses and other large critters so I just fill up the chicken waterer at the same time. I do cheat and use fire hose insead of the normal garden hose, 300 ft of it fits in a five gal bucket and it all folds flat. As far as my water spicket I do have a cold weather one on my house. So that just means that its ball valve is about 8 inches back inside the wall and when I turn it off the water all drains out and does not freeze up so it wont bust and leak.

 

[geosheets]

I've got 2 heated dog bowls like the one in the link below. I found mine at walmart for the same price. They hold 5 or 6 quarts and I fill them up every night from a 5 gallon bucket I haul from the house. I have yet to see ice in them other than a little around the top edge when it got down to 5 degrees. I have a pond in my mandarin pen which is a much bigger task. I keep a stock tank heater in the pond to keep it unfrozen and once a week I drag a hose out of my house, drain the pond, hose it down and refill all 275 gallons of it.

http://www.tractorsupply.com/pet-ca...easons-electric-heated-pet-bowl-5-qt--2411794

 

[DuckDuckGuinea]

Great advice. We just started using a heating pad (in our kitchen) to warm our hands or feet and our gloves. Burrr.