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[Slinglings]

Quote: nearly all fish tank heaters you can buy now are totally submersible, they don't cost much more than non submersibles. I don't know if they are meant to be used outside, but I can't see how it would be any different than putting it in an aquarium.

why not use a bird bath heater?

 

[Stumpfarmer]

I was asked this q. and thought you folks here could weigh in on it. 
 

What to you use for watering chickens when 
the temps drop and it's freezing outside? 

I only had temps low enough to freez the waterers maybe ten days last winter; mostly I just haul hot water from the house and thaw them that way. If we have the kind of hard freeze we had in 2009 and 2010 I'll be emptying them every night and filling them in the morning.

And believe me, keeping chickens watered is easy compared to cattle.

 

[Slinglings]

free large dog crate in kenmore--i'm close but I don't think I could use it~
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/3384139285.html

 

[itsren]

Quote:
CL -- get him one of these

http://www.utilikilts.com/company/products/kilts/

I want one really badly

I love the traditional kilts, but I think the utilikilts are particularly awesome. I had a friend who worked at Utilikilts in Seattle. I know a few guys who wear them regularly to work in. A couple of them do crew/construction work in the theater. (Hmm, those guys climb ladders to hang lights from the ceiling of the theater. I imagine being there while they're working would answer that age old question...)

So... anyone here good at guessing tartan patterns? I have a couple of ladies kilts that I'm not sure of. I'm hoping one is the Ogilvie Hunting Ancient... not sure though. http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clans/ogilvie/tartan.html

I believe the other might be the Queen's (Royal Stewart) tartan. When I get a chance, I'll see if I can scan the fabric.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

Thank you. The plan is to put in stuff that won't require water once established. I've put in Mahonia, Garrya, and Snowberry (also volunteers). I'm hoping some of the Spirea will sow itself if I stop mowing along the fence. That first spring after we took out the blackberries, all sorts of shrubs tried to come up. If there hadn't been so many blackberries coming up with them, I'd have let them.

I don't remember watering these particularly; they were planted at the beginning of the series of long wet springs, though, so that may be how they prospered to begin with.

I also have one random Hamamellis seedling to dig up, too: it could be anything, although the leaves look like H. vernalis. And dozens of probably skunky Carolina Alspice, joy of joys.

 

[Slinglings]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/zip/3384015185.html
a free shed that could be a good coop, in Everett.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

free large dog crate in kenmore--i'm close but I don't think I could use it~
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/3384139285.html

If in decent shape I would grab it. Hey how close are ya? Do ya have a way to haul it? any chance?

 

[Chicken Rustler]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/zip/3384015185.html
a free shed that could be a good coop, in Everett.

THat would be an awesome coop. and so easy to move. Just too far for me.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: I am not going to submerge them. I will actually make hangers so they hang in the bucket at a safe level. Some others have done this and it's worked, but they definitely didn't submerge them! Lol! I can only imagine what my chickens woud be saying about me, loudly!

If I can't make it work, then I will just bring them in every night or use my heated waterers.

 

[Slinglings]

Quote: I have a van and could haul it--I sent them an email to see where they are located.