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Good to hear. The metal base heater with metal waterer is the bestselling combo for our area. It has worked great for me 3+ years. :lau I think most of us want bigger coops and more chickens!

I know some people that use those those heavy duty black rubber feeder pans for water. You tote water out to the chickens however much you need, and then you turn the feeder pan upside down and smack out the block of ice before refilling it. But you have to buy the rubber livestock pans or the...

Just to be clear, my metal water fount would freeze up in no time if it was not sitting on the metal base heater. It's the combo of both that works for me. If you have the waterer sheltered and roofed, with the heater, it should work pretty well for you. My coop is not heated, but everything is...

First of all, I keep my feeder and waterer inside my coop, which I built big enough to house my chickens and all their feed and water 24/7. My waterer is not exposed to the cold wind and snow outside. It still gets down to -35F to -40F in the coop, but the waterer stays unfrozen. I use a 3...

I have not gone on "vacation" since I started raising my backyard flock. My trips out of town have only been day trips and I have returned that night. If I had to leave for a few days, then I don't suppose I'd worry about losing too many eggs with my current flock. I'm only getting 1 or 2 eggs...

Wow! That was a bad experience. I think NOW is the time to start looking for a better replacement in case you ever want to go on vacation again. FWIW, I have a 3 gallon waterer and a 5 gallon PVC hanging feeder. I only have to refill them every 7-10 days. Also, because I live in northern...