Quality of water?

Thanks to all who replied. I will probably end up using the well water from time to time, but until the chics are full grown I will use the water from the house.
Using your well water occasionally shouldn't hurt anything even if it isn't the most quality of water. It's the daily use of bad water for years on end that can do the damage. But I agree, use the house water until they are grown.

Good luck with your birds! :)
 
I find it hard to believe any of us have enough salt in our water to cause heart disease. A lot of that early research is fuzzy to begin with. A little sodium isn't a bad thing. I'd rather give my flock well water instead of that chemically filled city garbage anyday.
 
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Much of the US has quite hard ground water.

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If I pour a glass of water from my tap (well water) and let it sit out and evaporate, there is SO much calcium, magnesium and sodium build up, just after one glass, that I have to scrape it off the glass. The build up of hardness of the water and the minerals there in are a constant problem. People with heart conditions should not drink water with high sodium and minerals in it. Some ground/well water around my state is so salty, drinking the water leaves you very thirsty.
 
Yeah...I probably should've looked to see if you were from out west first. My general point still stands though. It depends on your lifestyle too. My diet is more paleo/primal so I don't get a lot of salt in my diet unless I add some in (which I do). If you eat a lot of processed food maybe it's more of a problem. Of course I think there's things a lot worse in processed food than a little sodium, but that's another debate. I think a lot of those older heart studies aren't backed by recent research.

As for chickens, my well water is way better than the city water around the area. It's not that it's dirty like Flint, it's just that I'd prefer to give my birds water without added fluoride, chlorine, etc in it. I suppose everyone's situations will be a bit different.
 
Yeah...I probably should've looked to see if you were from out west first. My general point still stands though. It depends on your lifestyle too. My diet is more paleo/primal so I don't get a lot of salt in my diet unless I add some in (which I do). If you eat a lot of processed food maybe it's more of a problem. Of course I think there's things a lot worse in processed food than a little sodium, but that's another debate. I think a lot of those older heart studies aren't backed by recent research.

As for chickens, my well water is way better than the city water around the area. It's not that it's dirty like Flint, it's just that I'd prefer to give my birds water without added fluoride, chlorine, etc in it. I suppose everyone's situations will be a bit different.


I dont blame you on not wanting to use city water. The treated water out here in our towns isnt too bad, but some of the treated water in the eastern US is gagging. May as well be drinking from a bottle of chemical bleach. LOL

Most people dont drink well water out here. We have water stores out here that we can buy filtered or RO water very cheaply. We fill 5 gal jugs for drinking and some cooking. Some install softeners and such.
 
The horses drink our well water and are just fine (one is in fact 38 yrs old!) but our dog and the chickens get reverse osmosis filtered water. We have arsenic in our water and I don't want to give it to the chickens to give back to us. I got myself a nice little bucket to carry it down to their waterer in the mornings, no problem...
The sulphur smell is caused by bacteria. You can deop some chlorine tablets in your well to solve that problem, but I wouldn't give the chickens the chlorine water either...
 
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