Is anyone familiar with using the heated waterers with electrical cords during winter?

[Basskids08]

Hello all, I'm hoping you all have experience with this issues as I'm trying to figure the best thing to do for my babies. I looked through some of those old post and there are both positive and negative reviews about heated waterers. I'm wondering about the cord, will the chickens try to peck or eat it? Has anyone else used a different heater to keep water unfroze?

 

[BrickWall Honey]

I have several of them; what I do is to keep the cord going as straight as possible up along a stud to the electrical outlet. I have had no damage from the hens picking the cords. I'm more concerned a mice chewing the cord.

 

[chfite]

I use one in the winter. I lay the cord on the ground. No problems. The chickens don't seem to care. The heater I use has a protective casing on the last 24 inches or so of the power cord, but the entire cord is otherwise on the ground.

Chris

 

[Basskids08]

Thank you Chris, Iit looks like that is what I will use this winter. I just hope it's not as cold.

 

[the43k]