What part of the country are you in PirateGirl? I'm in WY and we got several inches of snow last night. Took my girls a few hours before they worked up the nerve to come out of their coop, lol.
I just got this bowl and an outlet that turns on/off depending on outside temps from Amazon. Thank you for posting, I think my upcoming winter just got easier (at least as far as taking care of the chickens go)!
Thanks for mentioning which specific heated bowl you use. I was just looking at Amazon and they have quite a few to choose from.
I only have 5 girls so I think that size would be good.
I haven't used one but have read other members mention them as being helpful. That's what I plan to use as my fallback. Will probably have to order one online as we don't have any in the few stores we have around here.
This is what I recently picked up at our local TSC:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/reviews/farm-innovators-all-seasons-heated-plastic-poultry-fountain-3-gal-model-hpf-100-100-watt.11363/
Wish I would have read the reviews here first. I'm thinking I'll need to find an alternative to have on...