Winter brings many challenges for the backyard chicken-keeper, and frozen water is chief among them. You can make your own waterer heater for use with either metal or plastic waterers. It will cost less than $10, cost pennies to run and you can complete the project in under ten minutes.
We had record-breaking, sub-zero temperatures for long periods of time in 2010 here in Connectictut and my waterers never iced over the way they used to without these heaters. It doesn't seem as though a humble, 40 watt lightbulb should be able to produce enough warmth to keep the water in a plastic waterer from icing over, but remarkably, it does!
Supplies needed:
- 10", metal cookie tin (available at most dollar & thrift stores & likely in your garage or basement)
- lamp assembly kit (available at all hardware, big box and home improvement centers OR buy a thrift store/tag sale lamp and take it apart)
- 40 watt, incandescent light bulb
- Drill with 3/8" drill bit
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| 10" cookie tins can be purchased for $1 or less (or full of cookies for about $5!) |
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| Lamp assembly parts. Instructions: 1. Drill two holes in the cookie tin adjacent to each other. String the lamp assembly plug through one hole and the threaded, lamp stem through the other as shown below. |
TO USE:
Put the top on the cookie tin and place the tin on a cinder block either inside the coop or outside in the run. Plug into a GFI outlet. Place metal or plastic waterer on top of the water heater when freezing temperatures are anticipated. Disconnect when not in use or use a ThermoCube to regulate power based upon temperature.
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When I made my first cookie tin water heater, I found it difficult to believe that this device, which barely felt warm to the touch, could possibly do the intended job. I was only convinced the first frigid morning I went out into the run and found no ice ring to chip out of the waterer. You may have to try it to believe it too.
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Cool or hot might I say :)
ReplyDeleteWhy not run the cord through the hollow threaded rod? Then you won't have to worry about the hole in the tin chaffing the cord. One less hole to drill, too.
DeleteInteresting suggestion, I had no idea you could re-thread the cord through the rod. Good thinking!
DeleteThanks for the Wonderful Idea! I went right out and tried this myself. It is very easy and can't wait to use it: )I did use a fixture that the cord ran down the rod though.
Deletegreat idea
DeleteMy husband just made one for our coop last night! It works wonderfully! We had seen your post about it a couple weeks ago. Thanks so much for sharing it!
Deletethis is so awesome even I can do it!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt really is very simple and effective. It's not going to keep your morning coffee piping hot, but it will allow you to avoid taking an ice pick to your waterer every morning in freezing temperatures!
ReplyDeleteI will definately be doing this. What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteHave to add this to DH's Honey-Do List!
ReplyDeleteAs an alternative to buying a commercial one for $48, I'm looking at this great idea seriously. Will pass along to the handy/manly sweetheart. Big chill predicted for this coming weekend. And I already have a tin.
ReplyDeleteDo you think a square tin would work, or would round be better for even heat distribution?
ReplyDeleteThe shape of the tin doesn't matter at all. Let me know how it works for you this weekend!
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I bought a heated pet bowl for the regular sized chickens but its too deep for my little game sized chickens. Now I can use this idea for my little cuties! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHappy to pass along the information. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, I'm going to make one for the dogs. If you use a thermo cube on the plug end it will cycle on the electricity when the temperature drops below 35degree. That would make it unnecessary to unplug the unit when the weather warms up.
ReplyDeleteThermo-Cube! Great suggestion.
DeleteInteresting you should mention the thermo cube b/c I tried using them twice before with no luck. Have you had experience with them.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea. I have one of the $50 heater bases. (Eek!) but I need another for my other side of coop with my 3 month olds in it. I am going to try it! My girls will be very thankful, and I will too!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Little Susie Home Maker
Did you try it yet, Little Susie Home Maker? Would love to see photos!
DeleteThe thermo cubes have been real time/energy savers for us. We've used them successfully for the heated dog mats, horsetank heater, and the heated water dish.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to give them another shot then b/c I wasn't persuaded that they really worked the first time.
ReplyDeleteIt's supposed to get down to 22 degrees F tonight, so I suppose now is as good a time as any!
Very neat idea. Any tests done to see how cold it can get and this method still work?
ReplyDeleteJeff
http://www.thebackyardchickencoop.com
Thanks Jeff. No official tests done but there were record breaking cold temperatures here in Connecticut last year and the chickens could always access the water even if a thin layer of ice had begun to form overnight.
ReplyDeleteI bought a seed germintaion mat, that is waterproof, exteremely low wattage and have used it for years with my birds. I had a friend who had a coop burn down because of a light bulb heater
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your friend's coop. Electricity is our friend when used responsibly and can be our worst enemy if not, regardless of the wattage.
ReplyDeleteSafety first folks. Safety first!
I'll have to show Hubby this one! Great idea! Wish I'd had seen this BEFORE I bought the $35. one at the feed store! This is such a great invention!
ReplyDeleteDidn't see any other place to post this...so...just letting you know I "Facebooked" the link to the Tree site and asked everyone to vote for a fellow chicken fancier. Fingers are crossed for you (and great blog site too! Looking foward to coming back and reading more)
ReplyDeleteThank you Bobbye Land Hudspeth! I appreciate your support! Please say hello on one of my recent Facebook posts as you qualify as an entrant in the HENBAG Giveaway for sharing my Egg Tree with your friends!!
ReplyDeleteWe're gaining on the leaders!!
You can use the same concept for a doghouse warmer. Here in Colorado, it seems a 25 watt bulb is sufficient, start there and go up if necessary.
ReplyDeleteAgreed!
DeleteGood looking idea BUT I would like to mentionthat where the cord goes through the cookie tin is a potentialshrt circuit/fire hazard. The cord should go through the center of the lamp mount. This would kee the cord away feon sharp edges.
ReplyDeleteGood point. Thanks!
DeleteGreat! Unless you're "off-the-grid" like we are.
ReplyDelete@the Chicken Rustler: good point. Safety first.
ReplyDelete@farmhouse wife: Sorry you're 'off-the-grid." :(
So simple even a Caveman can do it
ReplyDeleteDo the chickens peck at the cord at all? I am afraid they might. Wondering about running the cord through a PVC pipe or something.
ReplyDelete@DownyChick: I worried about the same thing when installing the first one but they actually have no interest at all in the cord. I don't pretend to understand what motivates them sometimes but perhaps they're smarter than people give them credit for. :)
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ReplyDeleteHi, thank u for sharing this awesome way to save money and time! I posted the info on my facebook page Rainbow Farm Sales Chickens! Thank u again!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! And thanks for sharing. :)
DeleteLove! Only wish I'd seen it sooner, as DH instead built a pvc waterer with those nipples nipples and wrapped it with heat tape and insulated it... and $100 later, the water still freezes!!!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Well, glad you found this eventually, at least this little number will work the way you hope it will. :)
DeleteLove the idea..
ReplyDeletewe bought a heated dog bowl.. gets a bit dirty with the girls flying down from the roost & all.
But after YEARS of dealing with frozen water bowls, it's worth cleaning once a week..
Thanks. :) Frozen water is a drag, isn't it?
DeleteThis was just a great idea that I showed my hubby and he made one for our birds!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
That's so nice to know, Julie! Thanks for sharing. :)
DeleteDoes anyone have a recorded lowest temperature that this lamp box works? We get -31 F for sometimes 2 weeks at our lowest.
ReplyDeleteNicole, this is not going to work outside for -31° F temps. It will work to keep the water thawed in sub zero temps but not that low for that long. If you're able to keep water in the coop and use it inside the coop, that would work though. That's what I do in one of my coops.
DeleteTry it and let us know how your experiment with low temps pans out!
My husband made one of these and used a hot water thermostat wired into the cord in side the cookie tin. This way when the temperature inside the cookie tin reached a certain temperature (around 95*) the light bulb would shut off till it cooled down inside the cookie tin and then the bulb would turn back on to heat up when it cooled down below a certain temp.
ReplyDeleteHandy hubby! He's a keeper. :)
DeleteThis is my entry for the Chicken and the Dog book!! I love your giveaways Kathy!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Amanda and good luck!
DeleteThe Chicken & the Dog book looks super cute!!! I think it would be a great addition to our book collection!!!
ReplyDeleteAudrey Siebert
Audrey, it is an adorable book and the illustrations are wonderful.
DeleteThanks for all of your wonderful contests!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating and good luck!
DeleteI have made several of these....and LOVE them! Even here in Indiana, when winter temps get below zero for a few days at a time...they keep our waterers from freezing. I put mine up on cinder blocks...just to make sure there is NO chance of it getting too hot and starting a fire.
ReplyDeleteThat book looks so cute! I would love to win one for my grand babies!
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I'm so glad to know that the cookie tin water heaters are working well for you! Thanks for letting me know and good luck tonight!
DeleteWill definitely have to make a couple of these for next winter! Hopefully with my "less than great" building skills I can make this...if not, hubby has a new job to do...HAHA Thank you for your contest, would LOVE to win "The Chicken and the Dog" and yay, she lives in Wa. like me. =)
ReplyDeleteRonda,
DeleteIf I can make it, you can. Trust me. ;)
We made one of these after reading this post last winter ! Such a good idea, thanks ! I'd also love to be entered in the book giveaway. It looks great- our whole family would enjoy it :) Renee rlb_13@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteHi Renee. Happy to hear the cookie tin heater is working for you too. :) Thanks for entering the giveaway tonight. "The Chicken and the Dog" is an adorable children's story.
DeleteRenee, Congratulations! You are the winner of a copy of 'The Chicken and the Dog' by Andre and Amanda Maxwell!!
DeleteI will email you to get your address.
Enjoy the book!
that is a wonderful idea! going to try it this winter!
ReplyDeleteThanks Robin. Let me know what you think.
Deletesweet idea, going to have to try it out!!!
ReplyDeleteLet me know what you think, Laurel.
DeleteThank you for adding a wonderful new chicken friend to your site. Her art work is delightful. And This is a great project that even I can do. for my chicken yard this winter. got to make life easier for everyone. You work very hard to give good info to us all thank you. Lynn Crone
ReplyDeleteYou're so sweet, Lynn. Thank you for saying that.
DeleteI think you'll find this project simple and effective. Happy to have been able to share it with you. ☺
I love when you can do things yourself and save money. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteMe too! And you're welcome. :)
DeleteYou are so creative! And my grand babies would love the book! Think I'll order it, if I don't win it! :)
ReplyDeleteGina, if your grandkids like chickens, they will love this book. My little girls do.
DeleteLike this warmer, I may use it this winter. Would like the book...I'm a children's librarian:) Chel at rlb118@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteChel, how wonderful is your job?! The kids would love it!
DeleteHi Chel. I'm afraid you did not win the giveaway, however, when the authors of "The Chicken and the Dog" read that you are a children's librarian, they decided to give you a copy for your library!!! How cool is that?!
DeletePlease let us know how your little readers enjoy the story!
I'm very NOT handy, but I did make this after reading your blog this past winter. It was easy & way cheaper than buying 1. Thanks
ReplyDeleteOutstanding, Pam!! That warms my heart. :)
DeleteI am going right NOW to show my husband! He has 7 months to get it done!
ReplyDeleteSara, I am hysterical over here! Do you want to place bets on when it will be completed? :)
DeleteWhat a great, simple idea and huge money-saver! This will be a practical way to keep my hens' water from freezing this winter. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Maria. Thank you for stopping by my blog today!
DeleteThis had to be my favorite blog post... I made 2 cookie tin heaters... They are Cheap and easy to make. Love it... Thanks Kathy I love your Blog.. ~ Diane
ReplyDeleteFreshly new idea for those who have chicken and winter :P
ReplyDeleteI wonder if this will work in the chicken run. I cover my runs with plastic so the chickens can go out during the day. I prefer not to keep water inside the coop.
ReplyDeleteWhat an ingenious idea! Love it :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and post. Photos are so helpful! Thank you so much for linking this up on the blog hop. It's been great having you each week.
ReplyDeletea Neighbor of mine had something very similar setup in his basement for his dog. He burned his house to the ground. http://www.hulseyenvironmental.com/plumbing/Water-Heater-Install-replacement/
ReplyDeleteRun the electric cord of the lamp assembly thru the stem instead of out the side and you will only have to drill one hole and will not expose the cord to sharp metal edges, which over time could be a hazard.
ReplyDeleteIs this a fire hazard at all?
ReplyDeleteAs with everything electrical, if not properly used, it would be. I have been using mine for years both in the coops and runs safely. The real fire danger is in using heat lamps anywhere and lots of people use them to keep the coops heated in the winter so that water doesn't freeze up. That is a recipe for disaster.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the how-to!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! Thanks for checking it out, Lauren! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome. Glad to find you. I have 12 hens and they all thank you too. I love my puffy butts. Darlene
ReplyDeleteThanks Darlene! ♥
ReplyDeleteMy husband made this for me and he had one suggestion. The hole that the wire goes through could get cut by the tin down to the wire and cause a short, so he suggested glueing it or putting it through a grommet. Waiting for freezing weather, which we may get this weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that, Sharon. I have been using mine for several years and my experience has been that there is no friction on the cable because it simply sits stationary in place. I can see that repeated friction over time could cause what you describe, but I don't think that's a danger here. Of course, it couldn't hurt to make the metal edges less sharp by putting electrical tape on them for protecting fingers.
ReplyDeleteHad to post this link again.. I love the cookie tin heater... <3 Diane
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Diane! I'm thrilled to know that they work well for you too. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! This is an awesome idea and I will be making some this week...thanks for the great info!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! I bought a heated waterer and we have trouble getting the water in and then when we tip it back over the bottom must be loose and it often dumps water in out laps!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, please let me know how it works out for you!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad I found your blog yesterday because you had this wonderful idea to keep my chicken's water from freezing this winter in today's blog. Mine will cost me nothing but purchase of light bulbs sine I have lamp parts from other projects and tin cans I knew would come in handy one day. Now I am trying to figure if I can put 3 of the heaters under my horse's water trough. I never have any luck with the water heaters you put in the troughs.
ReplyDeleteThat's great to hear! Please let me know how they work out for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you SO much for this post! I have been busting ice for years, not wanting to spend an arm and a leg on those heated waterers. I've made 2 of these already and I LOVE them! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteHooray! I'm so happy to know these are working well for you!
ReplyDeleteKathy...1st of all_ thank you soo much for this wonterful and informative blog!!! Quick question, do I need to have water inside the coop during the winter?My girls (7) coop have an automatic door opener/closer, and a heated waterer outside. However now that it drops below 30 deg. at night the water in their coop freezes. Prior to the drop in temperature, the waterer inside the coop didn't seem to get a lot of attention, so I am very tempted to remove it 'till spring. I'd really prefer not to have electrical wires inside the coop, but if necessary I will proceed with making one of your cookie tin heaters.
ReplyDeleteThey need access to water when they are awake, so if your pop door opens at the crack of dawn and they can drink outside, you don't need water in the coop.
ReplyDeleteGreat Idea. Thanks.
ReplyDeletethis is AWESOME!!
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought to make such an easy heater.
TY Ma'am for sharing all you do. I know you have made many lives a whole easier just by sharing.
Great idea! Hope I get cookies in a tin for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas
ReplyDeletePick me!!! lol
ReplyDeleteI would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas
ReplyDeleteFrom Heather and her Hens !!!!
Thank you so much for all your awesome ideas!!! Winning a henbag would just be icing on the cake for me :)
ReplyDeletethank you for the wonderful info you always share with us, and please include me in the giveaway....I need a hen purse!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteConsider this my entry for the henbag :) I sure hope I am posting this comment in the correct place, tried on my phone but didn't show is posted. Love the Henbag!! Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI hope i subscribed right! I have been wishing for a long time that i could get one of these for my grandma (chicken fanatic) maybe this will be my chance! She has had chickens for as long as i can remember, you can't walk into her house without seeing everything chicken; Cookie jars, clocks, framed pictures, pot holders, dish towels, her burner covers on her stove. I can't even think of all of it now
ReplyDeleteLOVE all your chicken info and ideas!
ReplyDeleteI can never get enough reading done on your blog. Great idea's and cost effective as well. Even here in the south it get's cold at night. My flock is well taken care of but water is always an issue. Thank you for all your insight. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI have learn so much from you in such a short time. As a new egg on the farm I can't get enough of your blog. So many idea's and I am having so much fun trying everything out as well as the decorating. I even got my husband making coops and painting. We have a merry old time with our new hobby! Thank you and Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHey Chicken Chick! I'd love to win the Hen Bag! :) I'm following you by email, and here's my comment! Have a wonderful week! :D
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas Chicken Chick! I'd love to win a hen bag for Christmas!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
We have made this heater & it works great!!
ReplyDeleteI don't need a water heater here in Hawaii but it would make a great heater to keep new born chicks warm! Who designed the hen bag? Will they be making the bag in different breeds? What about a rooster tool bag?
ReplyDeleteSanta! I just finished all my chicken chores and I've been a really good Chicken Mommy this year! Could I PLEASE find a henbag under the Christmas Tree this year??
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win the chicken purse. I love the idea about using a tin to make a water warmer. I am going to have to try this out.
ReplyDeleteThe water heater would not be of any value to me as I live in Hawaii but it would work well as warmer for newborn chicks or orphaned baby birds I might find. I really like the hen bags, who came up with them? Will they make other breeds? How about a rooster tool bag?
ReplyDeleteI have made one of these for my chickens and talk about working well! I have not had one freeze yet and we have had single numbers on many nights already here in Maine. I have even shared your blog to many who are following my homestead page as a solution to frozen water. Thanks from my hens and me :D
ReplyDeleteMan may have to try this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great blog. Though we haven't seen ice yet, I know it's coming. I will be purchasing the makings to keep on hand.
ReplyDeletegreat idea on heater. will try.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the instructions on the heated waterer.... This is now on my to do list!!
ReplyDeleteI so want to win one of the chicken handbags... I will gladly trade in my Vera Bradley to rock one of these chicken bags!!
How cool or warm actually is this!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to win a Hen Bag! I think no self respecting chicken lady should be without one. I love your blog and have been a subscriber for awhile! And I follow you on Facebook.
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your ideas are ingenious !
ReplyDeleteWe don't have electricity in our coop, but we're trying to rip up something solar to keep the water thawed. This might be adaptable to that.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to all you chicks out there ;)
ReplyDeleteVery clever! I'm glad we seldom get to freezing temperatures here. Lots and lots of cold rain, sometimes frost, occasionally a dusting of snow.
ReplyDeleteSo many awesome ideas. We used the giant vegetable cans but this os so much cuter. :-)
ReplyDeleteI think even I can do this!!! Great instructions!! Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteI love the reuse/recycle projects. That's going to be a goal of mine in 2013 is to really get creative with stuff and not just buy more stuff. Fortunately though in CA, I've never had their water freeze. My bird bath freezes all the time. But their water is up against the house and under an overhang which provides JUST enough protection. Whew, one less thing to worry about.
ReplyDeleteLove love love this idea so creative. We just finished playing with our chickens a few minutes ago :)
ReplyDeleteI have loads of cookie tins, I could do this! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI just love your page and all the neat ideas you post!
ReplyDeleteThank You for your creativity and information. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your creativity and information. :)
ReplyDeleteI think I should win the Hen bag cuz I'm one of ur baggiest hens!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathy, for all your great ideas! I love your blog!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the knowledge (chick knowledge, that is ;) I always learn new info every time I visit yout site! :) I would certainly LOVE to win the chicken bag!
ReplyDeletelove to win the chicken purse!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteim going to try this myself, great idea
ReplyDeleteVery practical, thank you and Merry Christmas
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! Merry Christmas! I hope there is hen bag under my tree.
ReplyDeleteI'm here to tell you that this works! I made one and it hasn't failed the girls yet! Thanks again Kathy for all you have taught me
ReplyDeleteVery creative. We do not have electricity in our coop. I would need several very long extension cords :) If it gets cold enough, I may have to try it.
ReplyDeleteWish I would have seen this before I paid lots for a premade water heater. Whoops oh well there's always next time. I love your site!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog!
ReplyDeleteWe're still hoping for such a chill here in the NW! But if it every gets cold here, I'll be prepared! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLove the Hen Bag...and by the way the heater works, great
ReplyDeleteI made this cookie yin warmer and it is working beautifully. Got its first true test the past couple of days here in central Indiana. Love it!!
ReplyDeleteVery Clever!
ReplyDeleteMs Kathy, I do not know how you find the times to keep edumacating us bird lovers but I have to thank you!!!!! And by the way, this old bag needs a new hen nag, just sayin!!!! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. Kat Kephart
ReplyDeleteLove the new water heater, I have actually made it and it works just like you said it would! Thanks for your posts. Am also using sand now in my roost. Great change!
ReplyDeleteWoo-hoo! I just absolutely adore the Henbags and can't live another day
ReplyDeletewithout one. Please, Santa! Please will you bring me one for
Christmas this year? I promise I will be a better girl next year than I
have been this year. I will do everything EGGS-actly perfect! Merry
Christmas to you!
I love mine! Need to make another. ;)
ReplyDeleteHoping to win!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great idea! We have a water heater of some kind - just gotta see if it works this year! We may try this for our second waterer! Thanks! Also, am a faithful blog subcriber/reader ;-)
ReplyDeletethanks so much for your very easy and practical tips!
ReplyDeleteI SO NEED that Hen Purse...pick me please!!! lol....I love following your blog, and facebook page...you always put up info worth reading...THANK YOU...and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
ReplyDeletethanks so much for your very practical and affordable tips!
ReplyDeleteLittle ice today in waterers. I'm glad they don't freeze solid.
ReplyDeleteI love that henbag! :) Someday...maybe someday.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great chicken water heater idea! :) A nd the henbag is awesome!
ReplyDeletethe handbag is just LOVELY! So is your site!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I've got to try it out. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSanta Chick! What a wonderful way to make a heated waterer. I don't have any girls yet but I'm starting a file and this is going into it. I may even make one since I have my tins out now! Santa chick, I would love that hen bag - can you believe I won't be getting even ONE Christmas present this year? It's astounding, but it's true. I've lost so many friends over the last few years, and my husband too, that when I got hurt, I was alone! So, I'm looking forward to acquiring some little girls for company and to help make new friends! Please help me win that cute hen bag for Christmas! Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteA clever set up.... despite being in the Southwestern desert, I have had to dump ice out of our waterers more than once.
ReplyDeleteThis is a clever set up. Despite being in the Southwestern desert, I have already had to dump ice out of the waterers (well... once, anyway). I'll keep this in mind if I end up having to do it more often.
ReplyDeleteI'm in! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome idea! Thank you so much for all your great information! I've been trying for one of these bags since I first saw them. I'm hoping I get lucky this time!
ReplyDeleteGREAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN EVERYBODY HAS COOKIE TINS !
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea! Thank you for sharing it with everyone, and all you do. Thanks to you and your blog, we're going to be getting some chickens this spring, my husband wasn't agreeable untill I shared your blog with him, now we have been planing and preparing to bring some chicks home next spring. Thank you for this giveaway also, my daughter went crazy, almost as happy as I am to see this giveaway, love the Henbag.
ReplyDeleteThis Henbag is just too cute! Thanks!
Wonderful idea! I'm going to make a couple of these water heaters..thank you for the instructions.
ReplyDeleteLove your site and am looking forward to reading all your blog entries...
ReplyDeleteI absolutely ADORE this purse!!! Would LOVE to own one!!! Please! Pretty please!! :)
ReplyDeleteWe've made several of these and they work amazning!! Thanks for sharing, also, im hoping to win that purse for my wife :P
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI want to win a Hen bag :) But we check here daily for all of your different ideas from a egg-nativity to winter preparations for our flock. Thank you for a great blog!
ReplyDeleteI have sooo admired the hen purse, but more than anything I enjoy learning all the tips you have and seeing all the happy chicks pictures!!
ReplyDeletemust. have. henbag.
ReplyDeleteHey I've passed on these instructions to a couple of my chicken keeping friends. Thanks a lot. I used to use a small heater in an open pan in the coop when it froze and that left the water open to anything the hen's would scratch up. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI ended up getting a rooster out of my chicks this year. Initially I was disappointed as most I've been around were obnoxious. This one is a Rhodie - and he's gorgeous - but he's also a sweetheart. I have a blackberry bush in my back yard an the chickens love them. I often spend an hour a day picking them and throw them for the "girls". I figured, because he was bigger, he would get all of them, and while he runs for them when I toss them down, if a hen is near, he will stop and let her have it. I've also seen him pluck berries from the lower vines and drop them down for "his" girls. Absolutely amazing.
I singed up and hope to win, thanks for your info you give.
ReplyDeleteI love your fun posts and pictures. Thank You... Makes my day..
ReplyDeleteI just LOVE the hen bags, if I win one I will give it to my daughter as she loves them too :) Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteYou have helped make rising chicken popular again. I love it as a chicken raiser
ReplyDeleteThank You
Georgia Ankney
Merry Christmas Jennifer!
ReplyDeleteThat's really nice of you to say, Georgia. Thank you. ♥
ReplyDeleteThank you Sheryl!
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