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There is no rubber gasket on this one, it's a regular metal waterer.

I have been using a galvanized waterer for a couple of years now, and it's been fine. Today, I scrubbed it out with bleach and now it's overflowing and won't hold water. Is this a thing with those metal waterers? GAH. How hard does this have to be? I am so frustrated.

I was picturing the water droplets freezing instantly on the metal rods. I was picturing vertical water nipples, rather than horizontal ones. For some reason, I never looked into those. Thank you.

That's what I use here in Michigan, a base heater and a galvanized waterer. It has worked perfectly for us as long as it's out of the direct wind. The only times it freezes is when the temperature gets to -5 ish.

Thank you for sharing this! I love the Harris waterer best, it's clean and easy to use in the summer. I will fiddle with ours more and see if I can get the thing to work again.

Since I started this thread, I have been using the metal waterer with a base heater, and it's lasted a couple of years so far, and works out great. Unless it's very cold (below zero), the water doesn't freeze. This has been a great solution for us.

A bit of an update just in case anyone is having as much trouble as me trying to keep the water from freezing or overflowing. I tried putting my top-fill waterer inside a Fortex pan to prevent overflow, but it didn't work. The pan filled right up and overflowed anyway. Talk about frustrating...

How long ago did you give them the nipple waterer? Maybe it just takes time?

OK, I purchased the above nipple type waterer. I don't think my chickens have a clue that they are supposed to drink out of those hangy things. I let their pan waterer go dry, thinking they'd be motivated to look around for water. I pushed the water tips in front of them and got water to drip...

Thanks for the suggestions! I think I will try this and lower an aquarium heater into it. I'll let you guys know how it works in the coldest part of the winter.

Thanks. I returned that waterer though, and am having trouble with the second one.

Hello chicken folks, I need help! I am about to purchase my third waterer because of overflow. I am reluctant to use a nipple water system because the waterer is outside and we are in Michigan, where it can get really cold. When I started my flock in January, I bought this waterer (Farm-Tuff...