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I have tried a few things and the heated bowl didn't work so well for me because they kept getting the whole thing filled up with wood shavings, this year i'm going to give this a try https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/wichita-cabin-coop (it's towards the bottom) I thought this was a perfect idea!

I also found this design but I can't remember where the link is!




I was looking at getting on like Aoxa put on but I was looking at the reviews and none of them are good.
 
amillecay said:
I have tried a few things and the heated bowl didn't work so well for me because they kept getting the whole thing filled up with wood shavings, this year i'm going to give this a try https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/wichita-cabin-coop (it's towards the bottom) I thought this was a perfect idea! 

I also found this design but I can't remember where the link is! 

 


I was looking at getting on like Aoxa put on but I was looking at the reviews and none of them are good.
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It does what it's supposed to do - keeps water from freezing, but that's about all I like about it :lol:

It is the worst contraption ever, and if you don't have it fitting right, the whole thing will come apart and make a HUGE mess. :(

I'm going to do something different this year.
 
aoxa said:
It does what it's supposed to do - keeps water from freezing, but that's about all I like about it
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It is the worst contraption ever, and if you don't have it fitting right, the whole thing will come apart and make a HUGE mess.
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I'm going to do something different this year.
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Yeah those would be the bad reviews I head about it!
 
aoxa said:
For instances like yours: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/107951/cookie-tin-water-heater/0_30 Check this out. Simple and inexpensive
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aoxa/All: I just made one of the cookie tin waterer heaters from stuff I had around the house! I had the 12' diameter tin, and I cannabalized an old broken lamp with working socket parts and cord, plus I already had low wattage incandescent bulbs in the cupboard. I thought of using a 40-watt appliance bulb, because they are compact. Instead, I found two different wattages of medium-base decorator bulbs that are oblong and come to a point on the end. Even better! So, I installed the lamp socket midway up the side of the tin and screwed in a 40-watt designer bulb.

While still inside of my house, I attached a temperature probe to the lid after placing it atop the tin base and measured the temperature that a plastic (or other) waterer would be subjected to once the tin assembly came up to maximum temperature. It was pretty warm with the 40-watt bulb; at 160 degrees F, so I plan to replace the 40-watt bulb with a 25-watt bulb of same type and then control the works using the new ThermoCube I bought a few weeks ago. Here are some things to consider about a similar set up to keep your animals in liquid water through cold conditions:

You could run a 60-watt bulb for 16.6667 hours per day to equal 1 Kw-hr. of electricity. If you pay $0.01 (ten cents)/kW-hr., it would cost you roughly $0.15/24 hrs. to keep the animals' water in liquid form.

The use of the Thermo Cube would reduce energy consumption even further by modulating the power available to the lamp per the following design conditions- it energizes the lamp when ambient temps reach 35 degrees F and cuts out power when the temp climbs to 45 degrees F. My thermo Cube cost me approximately $13.00. Therefore, one could operate the light bulb mentioned above (60 watts @ 15 cents per 24 hours = $13.00/$0.15= 86.667 days ) for almost three months straight without a thermo Cube in order to offset the cost of one.

Of course, a side benefit for those concerned about possible coop fires is that the actual time that the Thermo Cube remains OFF reduces the probability of a fire at the lamp since it is not in operation unless the temperature gets down to 35 degrees F and does not elevate to 45 degrees F.

I plan use the 25 watt bulb (leaving the 60 watt bulb loose in the cookie tin for ready access to it) until I can determine at what temperature conditions a 40 watt bulb is warranted for use.

Just my 10 cents worth! :)

Barred Rock Cafe
 
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Barred Rock Caf said:
aoxa/All: I just made one of the cookie tin waterer heaters from stuff I had around the house! I had the 12' diameter tin, and I cannabalized an old broken lamp with working socket parts and cord, plus I already had low wattage incandescent bulbs in the cupboard. I thought of using a 40-watt appliance bulb, because they are compact. Instead, I found two different wattages of medium-base decorator bulbs that are oblong and come to a point on the end. Even better! So, I installed the lamp socket midway up the side of the tin and screwed in a 40-watt designer bulb.

While still inside of my house, I attached a temperature probe to the lid after placing it atop the tin base and measured the temperature that a plastic (or other) waterer would be subjected to once the tin assembly came up to maximum temperature. It was pretty warm with the 40-watt bulb; at 160 degrees F, so I plan to replace the 40-watt bulb with a 25-watt bulb of same type and then control the works using the new ThermoCube I bought a few weeks ago. Here are some things to consider about a similar set up to keep your animals in liquid water through cold conditions:

You could run a 60-watt bulb for 16.6667 hours per day to equal 1 Kw-hr. of electricity. If you pay $0.01 (ten cents)/kW-hr., it would cost you roughly $0.15/24 hrs. to keep the animals' water in liquid form.

The use of the Thermo Cube would reduce energy consumption even further by modulating the power available to the lamp per the following design conditions- it energizes the lamp when ambient temps reach 35 degrees F and cuts out power when the temp climbs to 45 degrees F. My thermo Cube cost me approximately $13.00. Therefore, one could operate the light bulb mentioned above (60 watts @ 15 cents per 24 hours = $13.00/$0.15= 86.667 days ) for almost three months straight without a thermo Cube in order to offset the cost of one.

Of course, a side benefit for those concerned about possible coop fires is that the actual time that the Thermo Cube remains OFF reduces the probability of a fire at the lamp since it is not in operation unless the temperature gets down to 35 degrees F and does not elevate to 45 degrees F.

I plan use the 25 watt bulb (leaving the 60 watt bulb loose in the cookie tin for ready access to it) until I can determine at what temperature conditions a 40 watt bulb is warranted for use.

Just my 10 cents worth! :)

Barred Rock Cafe
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Great info. I have all my supplies to construct my cookie tin water heater this weekend, and this is all great to know!!
 
this is what i have started to use it seams to be working better then the red one but I think i will be needing more then 2 as I have about 50 birds
 

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