Cleaning waterers

[Peytonandpancakes]

Hello!
What should I use to sanitize my waterers and how often? Plastic or metal waterers?
Thank you

 

[cavemanrich]

I just wash mine in water, and refill. Do you encounter some type of unusual bacteria, viruses that most of us are not.??
Chickens are able to withstand way more impurities than people. The will consume their gumdrops, and catch no sickness. They scratch thru things on the ground, and eat all sort of things on the land. So many humans, (but not all) throw away food that fall on their kitchen floor.

WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[Sally PB]

In the summer, I wiped them out with vinegar to help keep the slime at bay. This time of year, they get a rinse and a scrub with hot water. These are plastic and rubber; the acid in the vinegar will react with metal.

 

[Alaskan]

I swirl the slushy ice water to try to pick up most of the muck... dump... and refill.

If it is really mucky, I will do 1 or 2 minimal swirls and dumps with the fresh water I am holding.

 

[Sally PB]

This time of year, I do a quick scrub with snow before I take the bowl in at night.