I fill gallon jugs in the winter and pull them in ice fishing sled during the winter months. I use the rubber feed bowls from tractor supply or a feed supply store during the winter months. Unless you have power and heated waterer's during the winter the standard waterers will freeze in the winter. They don't need water at night as they are sleeping so I dump their water out when they go to bed at night and fill with fresh water in the morning. It's a process but, it works.
Yeah, that's what I'm going to have to do as well. I really want a frost free hydrant near the coop, but we would have to ruin the pipe so deep it's not in the budget right now. So I'll be schlepping from the house every day
I fill gallon jugs in the winter and pull them in ice fishing sled during the winter months. I use the rubber feed bowls from tractor supply or a feed supply store during the winter months. Unless you have power and heated waterer's during the winter the standard waterers will freeze in the winter. They don't need water at night as they are sleeping so I dump their water out when they go to bed at night and fill with fresh water in the morning.
It's a process but, it works.
Yeah, that's what I'm going to have to do as well. I really want a frost free hydrant near the coop, but we would have to ruin the pipe so deep it's not in the budget right now. So I'll be schlepping from the house every day