What's
so special about the Avian Aqua Miser?
Watering
used to be our
least favorite part of chicken care. As we pulled our chicken
tractors over uneven ground, watering containers would tilt and drain
dry leaving our chickens thirsty on hot summer days. Our chickens
pooped in the waterer reservoirs and on top of the handles --- nasty
for us and them! The Avian Aqua Miser solved
all of our problems. Our hens now get to drink nearly unlimited
clean water! Plus, in the summer we can pamper our hens by
putting ice cubes in the Avian Aqua Miser for hours of cool drinks.
How
does my chicken drink out of the Avian Aqua Miser?
The
chicken nipple
at the bottom
of your Avian Aqua Miser is designed to release water from the
reservoir when
touched. Your chickens will quickly learn to peck and lick at the
nipple because of their attraction to the color red. If they
don't catch on right away, poke the nipple a few times with
your finger,
letting the water drip out onto the ground, and your chickens will soon
figure it out. Instructions that ship with your waterer will give
you a more detailed approach which works for recalcitrant hens.
Our hens figured out the nipple in less than five
minutes!
How
many Avian Aqua Misers do I need?
An
average chicken
drinks 100 mL of water (a little less than half a cup) on a cool day,
but can drink three times that or
more on a hot summer day. Older chickens also tend to drink
considerably more water than younger birds. Since the pre-made Avian
Aqua
Miser holds 2,000 mL of
water (about half a gallon), we recommend purchasing one unit for every
five hens. Buy
an extra if you want to be able to go out of town for the
weekend!
Folks with large flocks have had good luck
buying our DIY
kits and installing the nipples in the bottom
of a five gallon bucket, or using one of the innovative designs we
highlight on the CD that ships with each kit. If you use a large
enough reservoir, you only have to make sure your chickens don't fight
over the nipples --- provide at least one nipple for every 17
birds. If you have one mean hen, it can be handy to provide two
different waterers on opposite sides of their living area, and I like
keeping a spare waterer around in case I need to isolate a sick or
broody chicken.
Where
should I hang my Avian
Aqua
Miser?
The Avian Aqua Miser should be hung so that the base is approximately
18
inches above the ground. (We sometimes recommend hanging them
lower for the first day so that your chickens are sure to notice
them.) We've hung premade waterers from the top of chicken
tractors, mounted them on the side of brooder walls, and used many different
techniques to mount bucket waterers. The attached hanger
makes it easy to hang your Avian Aqua Miser from just about any
surface; it's flexible and can be bent a few times if you need the hook
to face in the other direction.
How should
I care for my Avian
Aqua
Misers?
Aqua Misers require very little care. Rinse every few weeks with
warm water and your chickens will be drinking clean water all day long!
Does the Avian Aqua
Miser work in the
winter?
The Avian Aqua Miser shouldn't be frozen, so we recommend taking it in
on winter evenings then putting the refilled waterer out the next
morning. On extremely cold days, you may need to swap your cold
unit out for one full of warm water during the day.
Alternatively, our do it yourself kits come with tips for building heated
chicken waterers that make winter care even easier.
Is the
Avian Aqua Miser's plastic container safe for my birds to drink
out of?
We use food-grade plastic in our Avian Aqua Misers to protect your
chickens' health. However, adding vinegar to the water could
cause the plastic to degrade.
Why haven't I
seen anything like
this
before?
The Avian Aqua Miser is based on the method big chicken farms
use to water their birds. On the industrial farms, multiple
nipples are attached to a long hose so that each bird has a way to
drink clean water in its own cage with no spillage.
Unfortunately, the hose setup is hard to carry over to the backyard
chicken operation since many nipples require high water pressure to
work. We developed the Avian Aqua Miser to be the best of both
worlds --- clean, fresh water for your chickens to drink, but no hoses
to drag behind your tractor or clutter up your yard.
Will the
Avian Aqua Miser work
for
ducks? Geese? Turkeys? Quail?
Yes to all of the above! We've had reports that our waterers work
perfectly for ducks,
pigeons, turkeys, guineas,
and even rabbits.
However, ducks should also be given a wading pool or other body of
water to swim in (or at least to clean their eyes).
You may need to
mount your waterer higher or lower than the height listed in the
instructions depending on your birds' stature --- the goal is to have
your birds reach up to the nipple in the bottom of the waterer, but not
to have to strain to reach it. Your birds may also drink more or
less than the amount listed above depending on their size --- use your
common sense and assume a full grown turkey drinks a lot more than a
duckling.
How will I
get my ebooks?
All orders come with bonus
ebooks and videos. These files will ship on a CD in pdf
format. You will need to open these files with your computer, not
with a CD player.
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hi why cant i buy the nippler chicken water im from malaysian have ship to send come in malaysian and give me how cant i give nippler chicken water
How would you recommend setting up the aqua miser for pigeons, seeing as they fly about a lot more and we are having issues with our old watering system and dirty poopy water.
We also have Chukar partridges. Would this system work for them?
Kristin --- Your pigeons will be drinking while they're perched (or on the ground), so I'd recommend setting up an Avian Aqua Miser at eye level at one of their gathering spots. Maybe near where you give them food?
We haven't tried our waterer with Chukar partridges, but I suspect they'll have no problem with it since quail, peacocks, ducks, and a lot of other types of poultry take to it as well as chickens do. Please do report back and let us know how it goes!
I am so happy I found your chicken watering nipples. I have tested them and am very pleased with them and have just ordered the twenty pack.
Keeping my chickens and livestock healthy is important to me. Last year a friend of mine told me about a product he is using that helps keep his cattle water tanks clean of algae and keeps his cattle healthy.
I started using it in my regular metal waterer and it works great. All it takes is two drops of the product to a gallon of water. The chickens have done better laying eggs this year then in years past and I am so happy to have found your Aqua Miser tips. With both the tips and the product I am looking forward to seeing how well they do this year.
This product has proven research backing it not only in watering livestock but applying to plants in gardens. I used it in my garden this year, which was very dry and hot here in central Texas, with great success.
If you would like to contact my friend for all the information his contact information is: Paul Lindholm with Flying L Distributors email: paul.lindholm@gmail.com
The product is make by Shaklee and called Basic H which is an organic household cleaner and I highly recommend it.
I just wanted to pass this information on to you and your customers. When we find things that really work we should all pass the information on to each other as I have already told people about the watering devices.
Thanks so much,
Charles
I am hatching some quail, but have no idea how to care for them! (I know it sounds foolish; I should of read up before getting the eggs, but I was in a hurry.) I can't find any websites that tell everything I need to know. Do you know of a site?