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    Gatorade in winter water to keep it thawed

    I started the thread LOL. Yes. I had tried the salt water in a bottle in the waterer and since it leaked, I thought would ask about using gatorade instead. There was something in a ziploc bag that was shiny silvery--he did not reveal what the recipe was. And there was one waterbowl that...
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    Gatorade in winter water to keep it thawed

    ok thanks I watch til the end as he said, but he did't say what the secret formula was lol. I think it was a piece of metal in a ziploc baggie. The sun passes through the plastic and heats the metal, thus heating the water. I think I will give a try.
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    Gatorade in winter water to keep it thawed

    It just occured to me that since gatrade is a little salty and sweet, it takes a bit longer to freeze. Has anyone tried this method? I tried the water bottle method with high concentration with salt and thank goodness i had the inclincation to put in some food color, because surely enough--the...
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    Winter Issues

    Hi, I save some of the feed bags and poke holes in 4 corners to tie them to the fence and that helps to block the wind. I use zipties or strings from the strawbales. I also am trying to close up any cracks around the base of the coop so if they go out, they can be outside, but still be...
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