I've been searching the forum for ideas on keeping water thawed, and find lots of great ones for those with electricity in their coops, but we cannot get electricity where our coop is. It's about 200 feet from our house, over a stream.
I have some supplies left over from the turkeys my brother used to raise seasonally. He sat the waterer on top of that large pot turned over, to put it up to height of a full grown turkey. But I was wondering if raising the waterer off the ground would help keep it thawed longer, or freeze faster? Obviously I'd have to find something lower for the chickens if I raised it off the coop floor. I was thinking of pavers or brick, do you think that would help? Is a cinder block too tall (we have a couple of these lying around)?
Any other ideas to use insulation on this in a way the chickens won't eat? how cold does it need to be before water freezes inside your coops? We will be insulating ours.
If need be I'll just haul warm water as needed in the coldest weather, but figured if there was something else I could do I would try it!
Edited for my spelling mistakes....
I have some supplies left over from the turkeys my brother used to raise seasonally. He sat the waterer on top of that large pot turned over, to put it up to height of a full grown turkey. But I was wondering if raising the waterer off the ground would help keep it thawed longer, or freeze faster? Obviously I'd have to find something lower for the chickens if I raised it off the coop floor. I was thinking of pavers or brick, do you think that would help? Is a cinder block too tall (we have a couple of these lying around)?

Any other ideas to use insulation on this in a way the chickens won't eat? how cold does it need to be before water freezes inside your coops? We will be insulating ours.
If need be I'll just haul warm water as needed in the coldest weather, but figured if there was something else I could do I would try it!
Edited for my spelling mistakes....
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