Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas everyone! I have my second hatch of Anconas in the bator right now and the only thing I have been dreading is the mess they make! I came up with a few solutions for the problem last year that were similar but not as successful as this one seems to be. I will be building this for sure this week!
I add some larger rocks (you could use large marbles) to the water so that they can't splash so much and makes the water last a little longer. (Just make sure they are too big for them to swallow.)
I add some larger rocks (you could use large marbles) to the water so that they can't splash so much and makes the water last a little longer. (Just make sure they are too big for them to swallow.)