Or just 2 good ones....100' and 50' heavy duty outdoor rated with heavy enough wire to carry the power needed for whatever the bowl draws.I will need to use a few extension cords, with cord connection covers as @Kasilofchrisn mentioned.
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Or just 2 good ones....100' and 50' heavy duty outdoor rated with heavy enough wire to carry the power needed for whatever the bowl draws.I will need to use a few extension cords, with cord connection covers as @Kasilofchrisn mentioned.
Well I see you live in a cold place, sadly I don’t have any idea how to make the water not freeze, but if you can, you can try to take the chickens to free range for a little bit, and get some warm water from inside and bring it to them outside. Hope this Helps!hello everyone! I have been raising chickens for almost 5 years now and I’ve always struggled with keeping the flock’s water from constantly freezing. And I have a feeling I’m not the only one who struggles with this! I’ve tried different methods like using a ping pong ball, and putting a bottle of salt water inside the water, but both have failed to work for me. I’ve recently moved from Colorado to Vermont and now the winters are even colder then before. Does anyone have any tips or methods that have worked for them? I’d love to hear! Thanks in advence!
Heated dog bowl work ($20.00 @ TSC). I have a heated chicken waterer ($40.00). If I had to do it over, I would do the heated dog bowl. We don't get cold weather for very long.
I bought an electrick waterer (no nipples just a lip all around ) cost me 80$ canadian. we have had -35 to -45 CELCIUS the past.month (poor girls) and the coop gets to be around -20 °C during that time and the water never froze!! yay!! it works sooo well i love it i thought it wouldnt be able.to withstand ontarios insane temps but it hasnt deceived me once yet!
The only way to know just how much power a heater is using is to track the power usage using something like a Kill-A-Watt.Stock tank heaters use a lot of power in my opinion. We use a heated nipple waterer purchased from a big box farm store. It only uses 40 watts and keeps 3 gallons thawed. The power savings is well worth the initial expense of about $30.
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