I feel like I got away with something...

[Yetti]

I have frost free Hose bibs but they can still be frozen and broken if the hose has water left in it. you can get a thing called a "vacuum breaker" that lets the hose drain out if its lower the bib. if the hose is left with pressure in it it won't drain and will freeze.
Myself I use a large Y fitting with shut offs on it to bleed the hose. when I shut the water off on the house outside I open the Y and let the water drain out of the un-rolled hose ( it runs slightly down hill away from the house) if I get it just right the hose never freezes. it runs right to the front of the Goose pen gate and pools out.

 

[FarmrGirl]

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[m.kitchengirl]

Yes, my hoses are frost resistant and have the Y thing too.
I was just so excited that I don't have to do 5 trips of heavy, splashing water anymore.
I started when we got our snow, and while I would have done it without complaining all winter, it is a relief to be able to skip that part.
He says next year, when I expand the duck house & chicken coop, he will run electricity and water down there for me.
Since the eggs started coming everyone on the property is MUCH more supportive.
Once the duck eggs come I know they will be even happier, then there will be baked goods of extreme deliciousness.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Heated water hoses... http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&ke...=aps&hvadid=7360136124&ref=pd_sl_1kd86k9973_b