Algae in my water bow help

[kowell275]

HI I keep on getting algae in my chickens water dish haw do I fix it I keep it outside in the run.

 

[Nicole01]

Chickens need fresh water daily. In order to keep the algea out, clean and replace fresh water everyday. I only fill my 5 gallon 1/4 of the way and I add ice to keep it cool longer. I keep the waterer in the shade.

 

[southerndesert]

Have to scrub it out and as mentioned "Clean water daily" if you add a little ACV (1 tbs per gal) to the water it will help deter but not stop it and it is good for your birds.

 

[CajunWildTurkey]

Keeping in the shade as much as ya can. I build a little A framed for mine. I took an old piece of 3/4 plywood that was 3 ft wide and 8 ft long. at the 4ft center I cut the plywood cross ways at a 45 angle. then nailed the angle together, then add a 2x4 half down the plywood on each end for support. When it's stops raining I'll take a pic of it. My chickens and turkeys love it. When its hot out they have shade and cool,clear water. and when it's not to hot they have a place to perch, which also helps keep then from perching on top on the water-er and not poop in it.

 

[duckinnut]

Take this for what is worth, some people obsess over watering their chickens. Granted I am not in any way saying they are wrong for doing that. My flock has 2 waterers, a 3gal inside the coop which I put iceblocks in on hot days and a pvc homemade gravity one in the run which I fill with clean water every day. So that being said after a heavy rain storm,talking torrential here, the girls are out drinking out of the muddy puddles. Now I know that there is no way that this is the cleanest water that is available. Even though I tell them not to drink it they don't listen. I wouldn't get worried about a little algae. Not to mention my hens were wrestling a toad into pieces the other day,cant imagine that they are the cleanest critter either. Chickens do what chickens do!

 

[aggie9296]

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Ditto. I am not about to change 9 gallons of water daily when they will drink out of every mud puddle they can find.

A few drops of bleach per gallon also cuts down of the algae some too.

 

[CajunWildTurkey]

Here the pic I hope this works and helps.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

I scrub my plastic waterers with a brush once a week in the hot season and once a month or thereabouts I soak the freshly scrubbed waterers in a bucket of water/bleach solution for a few minutes before refilling. Cures the algae problem.

 

[Hangin Wit My Peeps]

I keep extra waterers on hand for every coop and every day I switch them out with fresh clean ones. NO work needed! All I do is fill my laundry room tub with water and a little bleach, throw all the used ones in there to soak over night, rinse them and set them up on a clean towel to air dry. Leaving them soak overnight keeps from having to wash and scrub them

And everyone has clean water daily with minimal work on my part

 

[monkeemakr]

Thanks guys, I just started scrubbing my waters with bleach, and was thinking about putting 3-4 drops a gallon to help kill any germs (since despite my best efforts and changes morning and night, there is always a little gift from the girls in there). I store water and put 3-4 drops in it but our use, so I didn't think it would hurt the chickens. Glad to see that someone else has done it aggie.