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shameless dude 
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 12:26am |
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to keep your chicky waterers thawed in the cold? in the old chicky house it wasn't a problem, but it will be this year i'm afraid. new location, closer to the house. I spose i'll be carrying water every morning! PffffT!
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DiyDave
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 5:18am |
Mom just uses a lectric bucket heater, just a probe lookin thing that plugs in, and heats the bucket, just a little. Look under chicken supplies... you should be givin them fresh water, 1X a day, anyway... 
Edited by DiyDave - 06 Sep 2019 at 5:52pm
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 5:50am |
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neighbour used one of those 'red heat lights', found a low power version
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 6:38am |
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I use a heated pan the waterer sits on. Works good until Sub zero weather. Sub zero weather nothing works good!
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 8:24am |
I've used Pipe heat tape and insulation of course.
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Ray54
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 11:13am |
 shameless dude wrote:
to keep your chicky waterers thawed in the cold? in the old chicky house it wasn't a problem, but it will be this year i'm afraid. new location, closer to the house. I spose i'll be carrying water every morning! PffffT! |
Hay maybe I see a way out yet. If them stockholders would go south for the winter maybe a deluxe chicken house is available. 
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 11:53am |
If them stockholders would go south for the winter maybe a deluxe chicken house is available.  Good one. 
Edited by chaskaduo - 06 Sep 2019 at 11:53am
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Posted: 06 Sep 2019 at 12:08pm |
A propane thru wall heater. Keep it at about 45*. It should keep the feather dander down too!
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2019 at 1:37pm |
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at $.44 a dozen can't afford chicken feed eggs are cheaper
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Dave in PA
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Posted: 07 Sep 2019 at 2:03pm |
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We use the same as Klinemar, good till about 8-9 degress.
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Posted: 07 Sep 2019 at 2:07pm |
Heated dog bowl might work. 
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Posted: 07 Sep 2019 at 8:28pm |
Electric bird bath heater submerged in water bucket......horizontal water nipples.
Was still working at -15F.
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Posted: 07 Sep 2019 at 9:55pm |
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What did they do back before electricity is what I've wondered...just keep swapping the waterers out a few times/day?
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 12:02am |
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We opened the windows between the barn and the chicken coop. Let the cows keep the chickens warm. Chicken coop was built off end of barn still had screens in the Windows kept chickens from getting in the barn the whole south wall was Windows. The coop never got below freezing. Early spring when we started new chicks. They stayed in a large water tank in the calf pen with a light in one end. Even at -20 when I went in to clean the barn ever afternoon first thing getting in side was take off jacket and hang up till it was time to roll the wheelbarrow out to the manure pile.
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 12:50am |
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First thing to do is turn off the fircken ^#*$&)@ Pretty machine!
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 5:22am |
JohnCO wrote:
First thing to do is turn off the fircken ^#*$&)@ Pretty machine!
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NO CHIT,,John,,he awful worried bout them chickies havin to drink cold freezin water ,,,,???,,,,,and,,,,and,,,the dang solution is right in plain sight,,!! Chit,,I best be keepin these thoughts to myself,,else,,chit,,I'm outa here,,,, |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 8:34am |
I just checked with google. All kinds of heated chicken waterers for sale. 
Edited by Dave H - 08 Sep 2019 at 8:35am
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 10:34am |
He's trying to conserve on his buried jars of greenback preserves, or Wally World has gotten too Wally Eyed World for him.
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 7:02pm |
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Mix whiskey in with the chicken water.
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Posted: 08 Sep 2019 at 11:17pm |
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I wonder if one of them little pig warming mats would work? I've tried the heated dog waterer, and the heated bucket warmer, and the pan heater and others and they all gave up about 1/2 way thru winter. guess i'll hafta do a propane heater. hopefully i'll have a new building for them too in a couple months from now. coons have already got 3 of them so far.
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Ray54
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Posted: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:53am |
Your lucky day Farm Show mag showed up yesterday Shameless. All you that read it know there are cheaper(more frugal,fe O'l Joe) than you Shameless. Just take the croock pot out to the chicky house and plug it in on low. Nothen to it if the electric plug works.
But it might be a good idea to just slip a new one in the house and not wrap it up for a Christmas present for your .................loving wife.
Edited by Ray54 - 18 Sep 2019 at 11:57am
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Posted: 18 Sep 2019 at 4:29pm |
Good Idea Ray.
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Posted: 18 Sep 2019 at 10:45pm |
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that IS a good idea! thanks!
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019 at 4:47am |
Just cot my copy of FSM, they also used a dimmer switch, with that crock pot, experimented around, and found a setting, that kept the water heated to just above freezing... Hang the electrical components up high, and you should be OK...
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Posted: 19 Sep 2019 at 1:23pm |
Dave, Dave we are dealing with SHAMELESS. So K I S keep it simple . I don't want him roasting the chicky before he wanted roast chicky.
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