Frozen Water!

[LoveNewChicks]

any ideas to keep the water NOT frozen (34 degrees at the coldest)
the water stayes in popcorn's coop at night

and then goes outside in the day where popcorn scratches in her hay

 

[mammat]

Electric waterer.

 

[chickenbaguette]

I give them hot water in the morning - takes a lot longer to freeze. And if you go out at midday and top it up again with hot water it will probably last until night - depends how cold it is. The bigger your water pot is the longer it will take to freeze.

 

[chickenbaguette]

And put a tennis ball floating in it - it'll bob around and break the ice as it tries to freeze.

 

[rjking777]

I set the waterer inside a heated birdbath (with no water in bird bath) and it has worked great. I had the birdbath in storage in the garage and instead of going out and buying a different waterer I thought I would give it a try. It sits in their pen on top of a piece of hard pink foam insulation (wrapped in cloth) and the pen is wrapped with clear poly. Water hasn't frozen yet, but we are having an unusually weird/warm winter.

 

[LoveNewChicks]

i have one of those tiny little red chick water containers,
it looks like this

 

[LoveNewChicks]

Quote:
what is that?

 

[openheartnp]

I bought a heated dog water bowl at a local pet store. It holds a gallon. There is a sensor in the plug so it only goes on when the outside temp is below 40 F (at the plug).

It was about $30, but it is something I have NEVER regretted buying (and I am cheap!). The water never froze last winter, and it was cold and below freezing for days on end.

I now have two

 

[LoveNewChicks]

is that for dogs or chickens

 

[kimisfishing]

you would not believe what I did, took apart a lamp and made a stand out of a cookie tin then put a large alluminum wash basin over it and the plastic waterer like yours on top....works great