noble
Chirping
- Dec 30, 2015
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coolI got tired of cleaning open water bowls that the chickens and the wild birds would leave poop in them and had to clean out the bowls 2-3x daily. Solved my problem with Brite Tap nipple valve waterers that attach to the spigot of Rubbermaid 2-gallon jugs. It's recommend that the ratio is 12 chickens per each jug. But I only have 4 birds and got 3 Brite Taps and position one inside their coop and the other two jugs around the yard. Easy to pick up and carry to a cleaning station about once every 2 or 3 weeks depending on how hot the weather is. The water stays cool in the jug not for hours but for DAYS. We removed all the open water sources and got our smartest chicken to understand that water comes from the valve nipples. The other chickens got the idea from watching her.
