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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    It's rated at 150 watts. The coop is 8' x 5' x 7' high. All enclosed and the walls are insulated. Seems the price has been lowered since I purchased it. Just my luck! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009HMFPM/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    Well it got into the single digits last night and this morning. As low as 5 degrees. The coop got down to about 20 but more importantly the water didn't freeze!
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    It's working flawlessly. Plugged it into a Thermo Cube which turns it on at 35 degrees and off at 45. The coop temperature is staying at about 30 degrees even when it was 9 outside the other day. My intention was not to heat the coop, just keep the water from freezing but the coop is well...
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    Anyone use a baby monitor to listen to their birds?

    Try one of these and she'll really think you're psychotic! Comes with pan and tilt, sound and a free webpage so you can view it from anywhere in the world.
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    The camera is a Panasonic BL-C111A wired. They also make this in a wireless version. Available on Amazon, Dell and other places. Here are a few stills I just took from the cam. These chickens will not go out in the snow!
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    Good point chicachic. I'll watch for degradation due to moisture. If it fails, I'll look into making a version of what RocketDad described. As far as running an extension cord in a conduit, I'd suggest using UF cable instead. Direct burial of type "UF" cable under soil is probably the quickest...
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    I like your idea RocketDad could you post pictures?
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    2ndtimearound. Since you were so nice, I braved the cold and snow and went out to take this picture. I installed this additional outlet last week for my coopcam and just plugged the heat panel into that. The coopcam is great. Can access from anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    My chickens like to jump, stand on and poop in pet bowls and they don't hold much water. I did consider the light bulb in the concrete block but not the safest solution. It's a fire hazard and any water splashed on it would shatter it.
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    Keeping Your Coop Water From Freezing

    There is a lot of discussion on here on how to keep your water from freezing. I came up with this solution and installed it last night. I purchased a flat panel radiant heater from amazon.com for around $50. It is made to keep your feet warm under a desk and does not get super hot. As a matter...
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    Looking for Do-It-Yourself automatic coop door.

    If you want a relatively inexpensive and uncomplicated automatic coop door, use a power car antenna, a 12 volt battery or a 12 volt power converter/transformer and some pulleys. You can get a used power antenna at a junk yard or even new on the internet for about $20. The rest can be purchased...
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