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Will Ping Pong Balls Keep My Chickens' Water from Freezing? Nope.

I’m surprised at the sheer number of articles out there on the internet that earnestly claim floating a few ping-pong balls on a water container will prevent them it freezing in cold weather. The idea seems to fly in the face of logic and science. Interestingly, of the 15 articles I found that tout ping-pong balls, only three indicate that the writer had actually tried them. And none of those three actually said that they’d prevented or slowed ice formation in their chicken water. And I found no mention of a controlled experiment. On the other hand, I’m being pretty earnest about ping-pong balls not working. Where’s my controlled experiment? Oh. Well. It’s right here.

Poop

If you have chickens in your backyard, you’ll agree with me that they provide a unique ambience. They also provide nonstop entertainment. And don’t forget the eggs - they generously give us eggs on nearly a daily basis. What else? Oh, yeah. Poop. They give us lots of poop. They are veritable pooping machines! Who would have imagined?! Here’s how to deal with it.