Best way to keep water from freezing?

[Kassaundra]

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Maybe if you are an avid wine drinker and fill all the holes w/ corks

Just look where you are from!!!!!

 

[gale65]

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They work on a vacuum or siphon principle, if there were a filler on top, when you opened it all the water would run out. That's why I got rid of mine.

5 gallon bucket (free), 3 nipples ($6), bird bath de-icer or aquarium heater ($15-$30.)

But the waterer I have now fills from the top and works on a vacuum principle. So why can't they do it for the heated ones?

 

[goldeneggtees]

waaaaahhhhh, wassa matta wit New Yawk? It an't so bad. Not bad enough to make me an alcoholic!

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Just look where you are from!!!!!

 

[Kassaundra]

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Just look where you are from!!!!!

Just kidding

. Actually my mother's family are all from upstate (Rochester area) and CT, and my father's family are all from Maine. We (my immediate family) all flew south for the winter many years ago and never flew back north again.

 

[SarniaTricia]

I have a traditional plastic water that you have to unscrew the red bottom to fill.
Like this one: http://www.flemingoutdoors.com/baby-chick-and-gamebird-waterer.html
Has anyone tried a fish tank heater in one of them?
I will need to heat the water in the Chicken House eventually and don't want to go to the expense of buying a metal and get the heater!

Thanks

 

[Kassaundra]

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That is what we have and we put it on top of a cookie tin water heater.

 

[frostbite]

Sadly, in Alaska we don't qualify for most of those free shipping offers. The local feed store sells the 3 gallon heated waterer for about $58.

 

[chickendude]

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I looked at that type of heated waterer in Tractor supply and said no way am I going to mess with that. It was obvious it woulds be a problem to fill. Like I posted earlier I use the electric dog water bowl and it works flawlessly for us. It never froze on us, not even a skim of ice on the top. I can't say enough good about this. Simple to empty and easier to fill. Give it a try, I'm sure you will be pleased.

 

[Davian]

Has anyone ever used those heating mats that you can put under the hay/wood chips in the coop?

If so, how effective are they?


These are what I'm referring to: http://www.shopthecoop.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=STC&Product_Code=HCMS&Category_Code=He

I've never used one but I'm pretty curious...especially if its a good way to keep the water from freezing.

 

[Arielle]

THis reminds me of the mats used . . . propogation mats . . . to keep seeds warm during sprouting. Anyone try these? Designed to be around water.