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Roetman’s Ranch, Arizona
Our homestead runs on a lot of love, and a little beer.
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Hi sweet friends!
I’ve had a lot of questions from my DIY reel about how we “winterize our chicken coops”…specifically about our DIY heated (bottom mounted) hanging waterers (try to say that 5 times fast 😆).
I’ve tried multiple other options. We’ve used these for years & at this point, have trouble shooted it’s few quirks (which I’ve listed below). No waterer is likely fail proof at really cold temps, & this one is no different. 
What you need:
👉🏻Electricity in your coop
👉🏻Food grade 5 gal bucket 
👉🏻Pack of 4 poultry water nipples (screw in style)
👉🏻250 watt K&H stock tank de-icer (Amazon)
👉🏻Drill
👉🏻3/8 inch bit
👉🏻Sealant
How:
👉🏻Flip over the bucket & drill holes
👉🏻Screw in nipples
👉🏻Apply sealant to exterior nipple ring on the outside bottom of bucket 
👉🏻Hang at desired height 
👉🏻Drop in de-icer, pull cord through opening, & plug in
Tips-
👉🏻𝓐𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 keep de-icer completely submerged in water
👉🏻De-icer turns on when the water temp drops </= 32 degrees F 
👉🏻The nipples will freeze overnight depending on how insulated your coop is, etc. For us, they freeze when temps drop below 5-10 degrees F
👉🏻Cup your hand over each nipple for 20 seconds to un-freeze them. Once the chickens start using them throughout the day, they typically don’t refreeze
👉🏻Nipples that drip constantly are clogged, which is a sign you need to empty the bucket, spray it out, and re-fill it
👉🏻Put a plastic pan on the floor below the bucket to catch any drips

I hope this helps! What is your favorite heated waterer to use? Please leave any questions below! 👇🏻❤️
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I love IG because of the incredible friendships I have made, and all of the beautiful animals that truly brighten my days. I created #farmilysmile as place place to share that happiness.  Those bright smiles, beautiful days, and uplifting moments. If you want to join in on the fun and help us share happiness far and wide.  Tag me and use hashtag #farmilysmile to share your happy animals and what makes you smile. 

Featured in this reel:
@baghdadtobarnyard 
@oldmcdanielhadafarm 
@i_da_ranch 
@haycourtnay 
@lauralynnstables 
@littlefluffyfarm 
@littlehomesteadbythesea 
@hopevalleygoats 
@horseinthenorth 
@roetmansridge 
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We interrupt our regularly scheduled farm life broadcasting of cut flowers, chickens, honey bees, cows, sheep, and lots of 💩 to share with you this beautiful place that we are so blessed to call home. ❤️

This place has my heart ❤️. #themountainsarecalling 

Thank you to our sweet neighbors who live adjacent to us for letting us take a ride with such 360 degree views. 

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#lifeissosweet
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First time cow feature for this week‘s #harvestandhen features! Look at all of these amazing photos.

This weeks features are 👇👇👇
@roetmansridge 
@thestyledporch 
@littlehillharvest 
@home_chicken_keeping 

If you are not yet using the #harvestandhen please join katelyn @hastiehenfarm and Susie @home.coop.garden and tag us in your posts to be featured. 

I’m sure everyone’s #gardens will begin to transform over the next few months and we would love to see your 2022 harvest, Egg gathering, and homesteading/farming photos. 

#Cows #Babycow #Chicks #freshfarmeggs #Rainboweggs #Homestead #Farm #farmstead
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📣 **Meet your NEW HOSTS**📣 

Write this down⬇️

#MeetTheMenagerie is now hosted by: 

🌟 Irmgard @sadie_sankofa
🌟 Brooke @shortiesfunnyfarm
🌟 Diane @shalehollowfarmstead
We are so excited for these ladies to continue building the awesome community y'all have all made possible❤ 

⚠️Read our original announcement below⚠️

We have absolutely LOVED creating and hosting #meetthemenagerie with our lovely co-host Demetria @oak.wool.and.pine

But with all of our lives getting busier in exciting ways outside of instagram, we have agreed it is time to retire as hosts of #meetthemenagerie. 

We'd love to pass along this fun and engaging hashtag to 🌟 NEW HOSTS 🌟
Our hope is it will bring you the growth and engagement you’re looking for. 

And a bonus? Hosting #meetthemenagerie guarantees to fill your feed with some of the cutest animal faces around😍

Thank you so much for making #meetthemenagerie what it is, friends, let's keep this party going 🥳

Want to be the new #meetthemenagerie host? 

🌟SHARE this post
🌟TAG US for your chance to win the honors of hosting (new host will be picked randomly)
🌟STAY TUNED we will announce a new host by random selection tonight

**winner announced, thank you so much to all who participated!!**
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My mouth will forever taste of onions...

Meanwhile, if you want to hop onto my rant about reels... go back to my last post. (Mainly made this because this will get more views than my last post, and maybe some of you will hop over to that chat now. 😅)

This is about the only 'trending' reel that I felt like joining in on, with my own twist.  The worst part of this is I got the dang onion on my FIRST take, but the timing was way off. So cue 20 more takes. 😝 

@fallentreeacres I'm blaming you for my need to join in on this one. 😅

->I tagged some awesome ladies that have either already made this reel, or I think that they need to! <-
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