Author: Anna & Mark

One of my favorite parts of
our annual
chicken waterer photo contest is seeing everyone’s
beautiful chickens.  Rosie’s Welsummer rooster and Aracauna, Buff
Cochin, and Blue Andalusion hens are some of the most handsome birds
I’ve ever seen.  I was especially taken by the last — who has
ever seen a hen with silver legs and metallic plumage?



A little reading on the
Blue Andalusion turns up the fascinating tidbit that Mendel used these
unique birds in his studies of heredity.  The breed is quite rare
since Andalusions don’t always breed true — half of the offspring of
a purebred Blue Andalusion hen and rooster will be either black or
white instead of gray.  As an egg-layer, the Andalusion is so-so,
laying about 160 eggs per year.

What
kind of container can you use to turn our homemade chicken
waterer kit into a
poop-free waterer?  Just about anything.  Molly sent me this
photo along with a brief note:

Isn’t that a great way
to change over to clean water without sending your old waterer to the
landfill?



Meanwhile, Amber sent in
this photo showing her pullets drinking out of a vinegar bottle
waterer.  She wrote:

Thanks to both Molly and
Amber for sharing your ingenuity!