What time of day do chickens drink the most water?

eggbert420 said:

Not sure, but I keep water 24/7 in the coop and in the run.

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Henrik Petersson said:

I was just reading up on turkey keeping, and stumbled upon this factoid:

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Chickens are closely related and similar in many respects to turkeys, so does the same apply to chickens? I've never thought about the fact that chickens might drink more or less during certain times of the day, but I guess that it makes sense that they would drink more right after they wake up (we're all a bit dehydrated when we wake up, right?)

It would be good to know, because if the do drink more in the morning, I might start to take extra care to put fresh water in the pen every night after chicken bed time.

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Yeppers...they'll start eating early too, after the crop empties overnight.

I keep feed and water in coop 24/7,
in containers that hold a bit beyond their daily consumption and are pretty impervious to contamination,
then top off both every morning.

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Henrik Petersson said:

I was just reading up on turkey keeping, and stumbled upon this factoid:

 [COLOR=666600]Turkeys drink the most water during the first 4 hours of the day so make sure that there is enough water around, especially if the weather is hot. [/COLOR]

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Chickens are closely related and similar in many respects to turkeys, so does the same apply to chickens? I've never thought about the fact that chickens might drink more or less during certain times of the day, but I guess that it makes sense that they would drink more right after they wake up (we're all a bit dehydrated when we wake up, right?)

It would be good to know, because if the do drink more in the morning, I might start to take extra care to put fresh water in the pen every night after chicken bed time.

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