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By Delci Plouffe

How to Keep Chicken Water From Freezing in Winter (Even in Montana)

If you want to know once and for all how to keep your chicken water from freezing, this solution will do the trick. It has lasted through years of use and one of the worst Montana winters I’ve lived through (every year 😉).

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Chicken water can be a hassle to keep unfrozen in the coldest part of winter. But this will help you keep your chickens in water all winter long!

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The best way to keep chicken water unfrozen…

Winter is always coming. It’s always around the corner. Preparation for it never stops.

At least that’s what it feels like to me up here in Montana. Our little area is a snow hole and gets very cold in the winter months.

We bury our water lines 6 feet deep, below the frost line to ensure there are no frozen pipes.

And my chickens? They hunker down and are very glad for the unfrozen water I provide for them.

I’ve tried all the water gimmicks:

  1. saltwater in water bottles or milk jugs
  2. floating tennis balls
  3. almost entirely covering the tanks with black material
  4. and so many others…

Chicken drinking water in cold weather

You can find a lot of articles here on A Life of Heritage that will teach you a lot about poultry and be sure to check out Chicken Rich: Profitable Poultry Binder–It’s FULL of to-do lists, checklists, record keeping sheets, and resource pages that will keep your flock healthy and YOU organized!

But when a 100-gallon unfrozen water tank can freeze completely through for a 200-pound man to skate on overnight…there is nothing but electricity (or possibly a solar-powered setup–which I haven’t tried yet) that will keep water from freezing.

That’s just the cold hard facts.

So if you struggle with keeping water unfrozen because you live in a tundra, this will be your answer.

I know when I use this plug-in heater the water will still be completely unfrozen when I come back out in the morning.

And one of these heaters has lasted me for 3 winters now, so it’s a long-term solution as well.

So, if you don’t want to mess with frozen water or testing out water gimmicks that may or may not work, check this out:

Heated Chicken Waterer

 If you need to ease your mind this winter, this waterer will do just what you need. I (and my chickens) have done the work of figuring this mystery out for you!

Enjoy this winter! (As for me, I’ll be hunkered down waiting for spring…)

 

Filed Under: Chickens, Farm LivingTagged With: Chickens, Homesteading

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Comments

  1. josephsays

    at 3:09 pm

    Heated waterers are the best options according to me

    Reply
    • Delci Plouffesays

      at 9:46 pm

      I completely agree! The others just can’t keep up when it’s really cold for a long period of time. Thanks for sharing 🙂

      Reply
  2. Tinasays

    at 12:11 pm

    Where do you find these water heaters and how expensive are they.

    Reply
  3. Michelesays

    at 11:38 am

    Please provide resource for water heater for our chickens 🐓❤️Thank you.

    Reply
    • Delci Plouffesays

      at 10:58 pm

      https://amzn.to/3kMCTq9 This is the link for what I use 😊

      Reply
    • Robert Daysays

      at 11:53 pm

      get a heat pad from napa auto or Amazon.
      the type that are glued to the bottom of your steel galvanized water front.
      they run about 15 dollars.
      I have used the type this lady suggests but they normally don’t last that long.
      these things are usually glued to the oil pan on tractors or oil pan of vehicles.
      they last alot longer.
      100 watts or 150 watts on a 5 gallon or 7 gallon water font.
      then set them on a flat brick the water will not freeze.
      I live in Montana.
      Thompson Falls

      Reply
      • Delci Plouffesays

        at 10:33 pm

        Excellent idea! I’ll have to remember that when this one stops working 🙂

        Reply
  4. Linda Kerthsays

    at 11:14 am

    Delci
    I am curious as to what breed of chicken you have with this comment about water heating. I’m referring to the black and white chicken with the pea comb. I have one that looks just like that one, but I’ve never known what breed she is. I ave two others that are Easter Eggers, but I don’t think she is. She is larger than the other two, and much more aggressive! Thanks for any help you can give. If you could, please email me.

    Reply
    • Delci Plouffesays

      at 8:25 pm

      This breed is a Silver Laced Wyandotte 🙂 Beautiful, aren’t they?

      Reply

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