agreed, if you don't have electric, rubber bowl so you can turn it over and stomp the ice out refill couple times a day.I won't be running electric out to my coop this winter - any suggestions on how to keep water from freezing? I thought about riggin' up a cooler with some drinking nipples, but I really don't know if that's going to make much of a difference. I have a feeling I'll eventually give in and run a lengthy extension cord out and give the ladies a heat lamp.