What kind of de-icing or water heating devices do you guys use?

[antlers]

heat light over a 2 gallon pail. Tried and true for over 35 years of use.

 

[PuffMommy]

I go out with a kettle of boiling water once in the morning and once in the afternoon if it's freezing out. i only have 7 chickens...

 

[chickaboom]

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But hot water freezes faster than cold water!

 

[PuffMommy]

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But hot water freezes faster than cold water!

huh. never knew that. good to know!

 

[mksenoj]

Electric Water Heater Base, #HB125

 

[Keisha]

We use a heated dog dish. You can find them fairly cheap.. Here they sell them at walmart and the farm stores. We had 3 of those metal bases last winter, that you set the metal chicken waterer on , and all three of them broke, so we dont use them anymore. Also, instead of just getting water from the hydrant and carrying it in 5 gallon pails, and spilling it all over, thus creating ice. We use old OJ and milk jugs to carry water to the coops to refilll the waterers.

 

[Mrs MIA]

We don't use boiling water, but I do use warm water so that it melts the residual ice in the waterers. That helps cool it, too.

 

[setter4]

I've been using the big heated dog water bowl from TSC but I put a plastic lid from a 5 gal. bucket over the top and sat my waterer on that. It has kept it ice free for over a week now and it's been down to 10 degrees here.