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So you don't offer anything until they are laying eggs? I have 3 hens and a rooster about 10 weeks old.

I just found a few sellers on ebay for pretty cheap.

My water is well water that is then filtered thru an RO unit, so it should be about as clean as water can get but is missing some of the water treatments mentioned. Last night I put 4 of the horizontal nipples on a bucket and put it in their run. I gave them a plate of leftover scraps and...

Yeah it's a lot of money to keep a tiny bowl of water from not freezing! I have to decide if it's that or dig up some of my patio then trench and run electric around my septic drainage field to the coup...which I could run water there too I'm trenching anyway.

I was at Lowe's the other day and saw this. Looked pretty course(bits of stone etc in it).

I'm thinking of how to do this for next winter too. I see some small solar 100-200w kits are reasonably prices plus an inverter and deep cycle battery. I'd stick with one of the heating type bowls that around that wattage and then thought maybe run it on a timer so it only cycles on every...

Great, I bought some horizontal nipples from amazon and a bucket at HD today.

Thanks everyone! I think I'll try the nipples and a bucket inside their run instead of in the coup. Thanks for the suggestions! How much bleach are you adding, I didn't know that was an option? I did grab some Raw unfiltered ACV today and will start using a TBS per gallon.

Hello everyone, pretty new to chickens here.. They are about 9 weeks old and were moved outside a few weeks back. All 4 are doing well but I need some solution to keeping water for a few days when we go away. I use a water system like the one below and it is in their coop. It doesn't appear...