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Quote: If it doesn't use much electricity it doesn't put out much heat. The heat output of an electrical device (lightbulb, infrared, hot wires, whatever) is pretty much indicated by its wattage. Anything 100w puts out about the same amount of heat; anything 1500w puts out about the same...

Quote: Actually aquarium heaters are not all that cheap these days But the main issue is that their thermostats are set wrong for winter-water-heater purposes. THe lowest you can generally set them is for about 60 F. Whereas what you want is to be able to set the thermostat for about 32-35...

Quote: I would be awfully careful about that (read: you will never catch me doin' it). Even assuming this is a metal waterer we're talking about, heat tape is not really designed to be used on a) thin metal that b) does not have water on the other side of it (as your waterer will not once the...

Heat from deep-litter method: this will only happen if you have a lot of chickens, very deep pooey not-too-dry litter, AND SOIL CONTACT i.e. a dirt floored coop. (In principle you can partly get around lack of a dirt floor by chucking several shovelfuls of garden dirt in amongst your litter, but...