Drew
emailed me to let me know that he’d put some photos of his version of
our homemade chicken
waterer up on his
website. I
like his elegant use of aquarium-type tubing, and his description of
why he wanted to switch over to the Avian Aqua Miser:
Unlike
bees, chickens are the dumbest animals in the world. I would put them a
step under goldfish. Give them a bowl of water and they will take a
drink out of it, then stand on the edge of it until it tips over, and
then terd into it. It has been a constant battle between the chickens
and I to keep them with fresh unfecaled water. I have been searching
for some time for some sort of solution that would solve the problem
once and for all, and I found it. The Chicken
Nipple. I
got a piece of tubing from lowes and a few fittings and made a five
gallon waterer that they will never knock over. So that solves my
issues with them for now…
bees, chickens are the dumbest animals in the world. I would put them a
step under goldfish. Give them a bowl of water and they will take a
drink out of it, then stand on the edge of it until it tips over, and
then terd into it. It has been a constant battle between the chickens
and I to keep them with fresh unfecaled water. I have been searching
for some time for some sort of solution that would solve the problem
once and for all, and I found it. The Chicken
Nipple. I
got a piece of tubing from lowes and a few fittings and made a five
gallon waterer that they will never knock over. So that solves my
issues with them for now…
Thanks for sharing,
Drew! I also loved the description of your farm, which sounds a
lot like ours.
I know it drives me mad, the water feeder may as well be 2ml not 2 litres. They knock it over in two minutes flat! Great idea with the feeder. Time for some DIY i think. Thanks. We are pretty new to chickens, we have two Warrens named Esme and Mertle. pictures on our website! Thanks again. Doug
Yep, that’s exactly why Mark made the Avian Aqua Miser — they were spilling their water and a couple died of heat stroke. (Plus, I complained incessantly. 🙂 )