How to keep your chicken’s water from freezing without using electricity. And it really works, we have been using for over three …
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Sunday, September 8
Video: HOW to KEEP your CHICKENS WATER from FREEZING OFF-GRID HACK
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That worked for my quail water except the water in the bottom part freezes.
No luck here. Still froze. I put 2 bottles in just to be safe. No luck in Ohio. 9 degrees here. Just for ppl looking.
This is for my neighbor who waited until the last second to figure something out for her flock, lol
Just shred with her. ✌️
It's been six years, are you still using the salt water bottle method?
I tried this in a tub of water. It froze all around the bottle. Temps were in the high teens.
Why does this work????
I use 2 soda bottles of salt water and it worked to certain point about 15 degrees
Holy warp stabilizer! lol Thanks for the tip.
Thank you for this!!!!
Exactly what type of solution i was looking for!! Thanks a lot
I tried that in Michigan.. didn't even come close to working ??
your hack was alsome and it work im happy
Do you switch out the salt/water bottle? How often? Thank you!
Bottle is getting trapped in ice. Salt solution is not freezing but all water around it does
Do adding hay bales attract more field mice?
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I'm wondering what is the actual temperature inside your chicken coop not the temperature outside ?
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Why would salt water in a seperate container cause the water not to freeze? Salt in the actual water maybe but I wonder if it is just the bottled water moving around and the salt has nothing to do with it??? I just asked my husband and he said salt water has a lower freezing point so even though it is not touching the other water it might be enough to stop the rest of the water from freezing. I will try this!
Above zero and the water didn't freeze… well holy cow imagine that sparky!!! This is junk science..it does not work.
What's the science behind this? I know salt water is more conductive then reg h2o but I don't know of the thermal properties changes that might be effected. Thanks to any that add their knowledge.
Tried it ……did not work…
Yeah thats bullshit. We have single digits here in NE and that does not work.
I used table salt, my waterer is only 5qts for my 3 laying hens and it's still be freezing up. Is i because it's not rock salt? If anyone can answer that, please do. It dropped to 11 here with a wind chill of about 4. Right now it's sleeting. I'd hoped to be able to give them enough water and food for a few days or so if I can't get out the door. Maybe I should just bring my girls inside the house. lol
I iwonder if it would work with the salt water sealed in double vacuum sealed bags…that would be awesome! Not sure I'd trust a PET bottle…I guess I could put some food coloring in it so I'd know if it cracked or leaked…
I did this and the water in the container does not freeze but the dish area has been frozen solid……
2 or 3 in the morning" yep "sounds" about right for a rooster.
Hello thank you~ gonna try! Also is that straw or bales of hay for warmth?
We tried that &, at first, it worked but eventually froze. Think about it. Even the Alaskan salty sea waters will freeze. The ships need icebreakers to get through. Some even get stuck in the frozen sea water!
Having ducks in with the chickens works, too. They pretty much keep a hole going in the top layer of ice in the bowl.
We bought a heated dog bowl for one source but also keep a large coffee pot on the wood stove &, when going out to the poultry run, pour just enough to make a hole in the ice in the poultry bowls then tap the surface ice to break it.
Putting an old heating pad beneath the bowl will work, too. Do whatever works for you I say.
Thanks Bud
Can this be increased to work on rain collecting barrels?
I did this I hope it works I'll know by morning I guess
just tried this, all that happened was all the water got forced out and overflowed all in their bedding! its 14F out. Seems like it overtook the vacuum created in the waterer. Wont hold water with the bottle in it.
What if you kept the salt crystals instead of mixing it in the water?
Putting salt over ice melts it so ..
I'm going to try this for my outdoor cats
I would think that salt made it freeze faster… have you have made a slushy in a bag, you put ice and salt to make the juice freeze faster
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Thanks Friend!!
It’s a wonderful !! That’s so useful !!!
What is the temperature inside the chicken run?
Where's the Fact checkers? Lol
9 degrees outside but what is it in that coop? Betting it's considerably warmer given all that stacked straw plus the heat the birds put off.
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I just tried it in our coop this evening. It's frozen the last 2 nights. I'll give an update tomorrow.