“Our winters are mostly below freezing the whole time, with some below zero periods mixed in. It does okay below freezing, but only in a straight bucket of water, any attachments (cups or nipples, like we use because we have ducks too) will not stay flowing. Below zero it couldn't keep the bucket liquid all the way. Crusts formed and the chickens aren't strong enough to break it, or otherwise didn't, so we just had to take out hot water to them several times a day, so they weren't left without.”
“Had to replace bucket heater with a smaller low pan. Due to sub zero temps. bucket froze on top except for small hole in the middle. Replacing with a lower pan solve the problem”
