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Well, I went out to gather eggs this morning , and it’s 9 degrees outside today. It’s a balmy 25 degrees inside the chicken coop. I checked the temperature of the water bottle, now with a 25 watt bulb installed in the base. And the water is at a warm 41 degrees. So no frozen water for the...

UPDATE: It's 19 deg. outside, and inside the coop it's 30 deg. The Thermo-cube did its job, and turned on the 60watt lightbulb heater. So it's been on all day. I checked the temperature of the water bottle with a infared thermometer just now, and the water is at 77 deg. So no chance of the water...

Quote: It sometimes gets in the single digits, but the avarage temperature here in the winter I'd say around the low 20's. The little hen house is on pneumatic casters, so I rolled it into one of my barns, for the winter months. The barn is un heated, but stays a little warmer than the outside...

Got the waterer wired up and mounted in the coop. Here it is, inside the coop, mounted next to their feeder. (took picture thorugh pop door) It's right inside the main door for easy access, to change out the low water bottle with a full one. The spill drain tube goes through a hole, to the...

Well, there doesn't seem to be much interest in the heated waterer. But it's finished now, so here's the final product. Here's the attached cover for the heating element (light bulb ) Here's with the cover removed, showing the inside. The cover has two holes in it, that slide over two...

Quote: For marine applications that see heavy salt water emmersion, you would send out the part to get anodized first, before being put into use. Anodizing will prevent any oxidation from happening to Aluminum. This chicken waterer that I'm building, will just see tap water, so it'll be...

I had a little extra time today to work on the heated chicken coop water'er. So far the heating tray, and the lightbulb housing are done. The lightbulb housing will be removable from the bottom of the tray, to access the light bulb inside. Here's what it will look like from the bottom side...

I had some free time today, so I started on the "Winter Waterer" I needed to come up with something to water my chickens in the winter time. So I came up with this. I have to make a heated base (a project for another day) that this will sit on yet, to keep the water from freezing on the cold...