2 New BYC Forum Sponsors: Purely Poultry & Avian Aqua Miser

[Nifty-Chicken]

We're happy to announce two new BYC Forum Sponsors:

http://www.purelypoultry.com - Great prices on 200+ breeds of : chickens, bantams, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, peafowl, pheasants, and more

http://www.waldeneffect.org/bycaquamiser - Don't your hens deserve fresh, clean water? A great invention for providing clean water to your flock.

Remember, it is these BYC Forum sponsors that keep the forum alive and zippy fast and allow us to always be adding new features and upgrades to the forum. You can see the whole list of sponsors at the link below. Please visit them and let them know you appreciate their support of this great community!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-supplies.html

 

[silkieluver_07]

YAY! NEW SPONSORS!!!

Now I have another two reasons to get more chickens!

 

[hcammack]

I am so glad the forum is gaining support has anyone had the new aqua misers.

Henry

 

[SterlingAcres]

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I was going to ask the same thing. Would a rabbit water bottle work the same way?

 

[hcammack]

Not sure I feel like it would work really well if the birds were raised using it but my hens would maybe have trouble learning about it I should email the owners.

Henry

 

[kstaven]

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I was going to ask the same thing. Would a rabbit water bottle work the same way?

Actually the rabbit bottles result in a lot of spillage. When the chicken pecks the bearing in the tube a lot of water is lost on the ground. I tried it once and the resulting wet coop convinced me to quit using rabbit bottles.

 

[texasbartrambaby]

Have to look and see what I want now!

 

[dangerouschicken]

I've also added these sponsors to my blog roll

 

[silkiechicken]

I use the rabbit bottles for chicks and adults have had no problem learning it. However, there is a stage of "dumb chicks" of like 1-12 weeks old, that just don't seem to learn. As day olds with the bottle as their only source, and adults who are wise, they figure it out fast.

However, I use rubber buckets for water.... since it's about 18F out right now....

Rabbit bottles are hard to clean and do dribble on the ground if birds pick versus tap to drink. Mine are on dirt so that's not a problem. Birds can't seem to figure out the spring loaded types either...