<<what do you do about flowing water in the winter for the hens?...how do you keep the water from freezing?...do you have your water outside or inside the coop?...where do you put your feeders in the winter?...>>
I finally had to get a heater--one of the round "platform" type to go under a metal water holder. There's always inside the coop--sometimes putting very warm water in the tank would keep it from freezing overnight, sometimes the heater stayed on all day as well (thankfully only a few of those days!) It has a thermostat to turn it off at (I think) around 34 F, although I do check on it.
As noted, there is always water in the coop. If I'm letting the hens free-range, I may also put waterer(s) other places, just for convenience. There's always a feeder inside the coop, as well, but again, I may change this around a little, adding a feeder where the younger ones can get at it but not the big girls, or adding one outside (under cover) if I'm letting younger ones have the run of the coop while the big girls are outside.
Rhonda
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