Hey Jmagill,
I just swapped out the 500w bird bath heater for the 50 gal 1,500w submersible tank heater. I only have a 2.5 gal bucket. This did not work. Nipples were frozen this AM, but water isn't. It was 10 degrees with a -10 windchill. Pretty cold! I guess At this point I'm going to go the...
I wanted to list my results on this thread since it was one I read trying to figure out how to keep my chickens' water from freezing in the Minnesota winter. I can now tell you (since it turned winter here) that the nipple system I rigged up DID NOT work and froze. I have a bird bath heater (the...