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My tin can hater and 75 watt bulb kept my 3 1/2 gallon metal waterer unthawed all winter last year, we got to 28 below. I hear folks also put the light in a cement block ad then set the waterer on top. They say these work well also.

Im laughing so hard, 2 weeks ago I had an egg in my jacket and yep I was in the pen feeding the chickens and bang that egg broke when I was going out the door and I forgot I even had the egg in my pocket until my leg was wet and I could not figure it out. Then I went to put my jacket away and it...

Any time chicken gal! I'm so glad it worked out for you. We are going to be super cold this week, below zero, the water we put out each day on the run will now have to go. We keep two waterers , one in the coop and one in the pen until it starts to get to cold to keep the one in the pen . Then...

yikes, do you not have any access to electricity? Even running an extension cord? We ran a cord the first year, all went well, but this year we just wired the coop for power. Best thing I ever did! Since chickens need water constantly, around here I would be taking water out several times a...

congrats ! I love it when you get a first egg, especially colored eggs. I'm so glad things worked out for you :D

I'm so happy for you! That's great, now you can rest easy :)

How did it work? I did this the first year and my water was always unfrozen. Hope it worked out well :)

How close is your coop to your garage? Can you hook up an extension cord? I did that last year, until I got. My coop wired for electricity.

It's been great, the metal font stays full and clean atop the tin can heater for 4 days, every morning we take out a different font for the pen and I did such a wonderful job of covering and securing the pen the water has not froze during the day . So far a perfect winter! The first winter I...

I have a small back yard, the coop and pen take up the first half and the other half we sit on lawn chairs and enjoy them all summer. We let them out, and they roam all day in the yard, then by evening we go around and pick up the poop lol. In the winter we have to leave them in the pen most...

It's in the coop, and it has gotten down to 35 below and water is fine. 60 watts. My coop is big and I have only 10 birds in it. I have rom for the tin can heater in there since some days I do not let my girls out when it's so bitter cold.

most of us winter folk go below zero, not worth getting in my opinion . Tin can heater, that's the way to go all the way!

I did this the first week last year then went to the tin can heater. The bucket was to open and m girls got it filthy with the wood shavings poop what ever lol. I went to using the tin can heater as there was less mess and I just got a five gallon metal waterer and went out each day and tipped...

We use the tin can hater, works wonderful. And cost me 5.00 ( got the cookie tin from second hand store. Right now it's -18 degrees and a foot of snow !