Sheila Baker came up with
another ingenious homemade
chicken waterer reservoir:
I
adapted a couple “Sunny D” bottles to get started and hung them on an
old section of a wood extension ladder that they use for a perch.
They love your Avian Aqua Miser, they
jockey for pole position to get a drink.
When we first started
selling our chicken waterers, I was bound and determined to reuse
plastic containers that were being recycled. Even though that
option didn’t pan out on the large scale, I’m always thrilled to see
customers turning our do it yourself kits into unique waterers that
keep plastic out of the landfill.
Reusing containers as chicken waterers
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Anna & Mark
Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton are a pair of back-to-the-landers who have been homesteading for over a decade.
My two large waterers are old cat litter jugs.
That’s a great use of old kitty litter jugs!
I’ve found that if the container is too small it tends to swing when the chicken pecks…which seems to make drinking more difficult. This can be solved by making a holder where your container sets into instead of hanging. A piece of plywood with a hole cut out does the trick nicely depending on the container in question.
Good point! You can see photos of alternative mounting methods at http://www.avianaquamiser.com/mounting/