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Please note that these do NOT work in the winter... the line may be heated but the water in the cup freezes, and the lever freezes with it. Unless you can find some way to heat the cup, too, I wound up just switching to heated dog water bowls in the winter.

So... everyone's birds survive this very long winter??? :D With minimal heat, I hope!!

Try hanging it on the outside of the coop, and see if that changes anything... last I knew, they worked ok. Can you find out what your ambient outdoor humidity is to check it against?

All I can say is observe your birds. If they're running around and eating and drinking, they're fine. If they sit on the roost and refuse to budge, then they're probably cold. Don't spoil them, but let them acclimate naturally in your area. Down to 0F they have been known to sleep outside...

My observations is that when it gets to about -10F, that's when the girls are like "Uh uh, I don't wanna go out." And I will find a small number grouped together in the lowest nest box for warmth. If you have a heavy duty cardboard or wooden box that's big enough for them to snuggle into when...

Yeah, the nipples and cups don't do well with the cold at all. Wasn't sure if you had the means or not. I think you'll be surprised that that particular bird will heal up to a point where you'd never know it was burnt. If I had been home, I would have used some vaseline on the guys. :(...

Other than changing their watering system to something that doesn't dip their wattles (nipples/cups) there's really nothing you can do. That's not horrible... when they swell up like chestnuts, that's when it gets to be painful for the birds. :(

Thank you... I wish I hadn't left, but I figured they were in good hands. Won't do that again any time soon. Except for a little snow this coming Sunday, the weather forecast says "unseasonably cold" until NEXT Saturday. Usually happens in January that we dip this low, but more than a couple...

Well, -27F is the point at which unattended birds die or suffer. Came home from a weekend away, and the temps dipped the night I left. We had a barn full of hay, and I didn't think I had to remind anyone to add hay for them to snuggle into. Lost a lot of my breeder roos, and more are being...

In my own area, this has been an easy winter. We've only hit the -20F and below a couple of times since the snow first flew, so I'm happy. I'm personally good down to about 0F... I'm still running around in a sweatshirt. Below 0F, well, NOBODY likes that. :) 23F today, and raining lightly...

We had a lovely weekend here... two days of snow, almost a foot of new snow, and 15 above. This morning, it's 18F below, and everyone's outside running around scratching, eating snow, like it's not limb-numbing cold out. I brought the two boys into the garage, which is heated, but I have...

Well, we hit -22F the other night, and it was a little much for the poor little Mille Fleur boys in the open run. I think the bigger boys were using the MFs as pillows, or heating pads... they were a little abused. One I thought was a goner, wouldn't put one leg down, acted like it was broken...

Quote: I think Wisconsin is having your weather this year, it's been crazy here 1 week its cold as H e l then the next its raining and ALMOST 40 DEGREES Thiis year Fall has been god awful, temperature extremes every other week, wet damp cold, below zero though its only gotten to -5 so far...

Very interesting, Scooter! I've heard/read that "open" coops are best, too. I've tried my best to leave windows and doors open as much as I can, but -10F seems to be the cut-off for closing the man-door on the coop. With the door and window closed, they keep it about 20 degrees warmer in the...

Quote: -40F this morning... I think I need more warm chicken bodies! Um... yeah!!!

We had a big windstorm come through last Wednesday... 11/16. 50 mph gusts, at 10-12°F. Power went out at 3am at our house, until 6am, then again from 7:30am until somewhere around 3 in the afternoon. Chickens were sheltered from the wind, and never knew the difference when the power was out...

As for the gardening... check this out... http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/03/7589725-126-pound-cabbage-just-misses-world-record-mark http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/157931

Quote: You didn't ask for an "Amen!" at the end of that, but I'm here to second that, and "Amen!" Although after the last couple of weeks of windstorms, we might have to re-evaluate the whole "hurricane" thing... LOL! Yay Chicks! you need to post that picture!!! It was -23F here yesterday...

Checking in this morning at -6F. We had snow, in the upper 20s the last two days, then yesterday the temps just started dropping out. Beautiful clear morning, the moon and accompanying planet were spectacular on the horizon. Got a big storm through the Bering sea headed this way in the next...

Quote: You're welcome! That sounds like a perfect nursery for the ladies. And your white silkie is quite handsome... congrats! I know there are some threads on silkie color genetics... might check there. Yonaton, where are you located? Your weather sounds lovely, and other than a...