Hi. I'm Cindy from North Dakota and the temps have been frigid.

[Cjmakedonski]

What type of watering devices do you all use? Do you use galvanized waterers or something else?

 

[CHlCKEN]

What are the temps, specifically?

 

[DobieLover]

Hello, Cindy, and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
I use a plastic fount waterer with a heated base placed chest height on a block.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Rubberized water bowls replaced 2 or 3 times daily work well. Ice is readily busted out of them.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey, Cindy Welcome to Backyard Chickens...
I use 5 gallon buckets with plastic to metal nipples wack the side use aquarium heaters.. We do not see real harsh temps allot

 

[N F C]

Hi Cindy, I use a heated dog bowl for my 5 birds.

 

[BlueBaby]

Hello, and welcome! Good luck with your flock!

 

[DucksAreBest]

Hello Cindy, welcome to BackYard Chickens. Thank you for joining our community.

 

[CluckerFamily]

Welcome to BYC!!

 

[B-Goock]

I do or have used a number of different winter waterers.
A heated base plastic fount found at any farm store.
A light bulb box or cinder block with a light in it. Regular waterer on top. Homemade.
Rubber bowls.
Insulated 55gal barrel with a stock tank heater and a pump to circulate through an insulated nipple waterer header. (Had a bunch of birds then which I'm getting back to again) homemade.
Nipple bucket with a bucket heater. Homemade.
A cheap yardsale cooler with a bucket heater & nipple header out the side. Homemade.

Once when the power went out & I had to leave for work I filled a cinder block in the run with hot embers from the wood stove placed a scrap piece of metal over it and put a metal waterer on top. Redneck homemade. Lol

I was Southern Indiana & Kentucky. You guys still have snow on the ground in june sometimes so insulating to retain heat is probably a big concern. That reflective bubble wrap and duct tape could be pretty useful. Ive wrapped headers with that. Just make sure to tape it good or they will nibble the bubble wrap.