Frozen Water

[breakout]

We don't keep water in the coop unless it's really hot. The birds are out all day running around the yard until they are ready to sleep and they drink from a chicken nipple waterer fed from the house. If temps are going to be below freezing overnight we add some hot water to the tank and run it out the pipe before bed. If it's going into the 20s we throw a blanket over it. This seems to be working fine. The chickens go for water in the morning but they rarely seem to be anxious about getting there. In the summer we can eaily add ice to the tank. Adding some collodial silver and covering the tank so that it doesn't get light work well to prevent algae growth. Here's the link for details https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/672358/my-chicken-watering-solution

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