You might also want to ask this in the quail section... the quail hatch-along thread is an active thread and covers lots of general-information topics with lots of friendly knowledgeable people. Most of them are southern, but there are folks from cold climates, too.
I haven’t seen any quail-folk using heated waterers. I suppose you could use vertical nipple waterers with a bucket deicer, but you need a bucket large enough to contain the deicer, so a 1.5 gallon-size at least. It could work for you if you have large enough cages or an aviary and are able to...