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  1. ChickenCanoe

    2 gallon or 5 gallon waterer for winter?

    I used to use a bird bath heater in black rubber feed dishes. That was fine for hens. It was a real problem for Mediterranean roosters though. In order to drink, they had to dip their long wattles in the water which subsequently froze afterward. I've had all types of automatic water systems...
  2. ChickenCanoe

    2 gallon or 5 gallon waterer for winter?

    As you assumed, the 5 gallon would take longer to freeze, but that is only if you had a power outage. I don't think it would matter much because the ring of water in the moat, exposed to ambient air would freeze just about as fast regardless of the size of the primary reservoir. I would base the...
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