Cleaning your waterer

[the1much]

i have TOO MANY waterers ,, but every morning they get a quick scrubbing,, then once a week i wash them GOOD with water a bleach,, then rinse, then rinse again,, then allowed to dry, then back to the birds.

 

[AngieChick]

I use apple cider vinegar. Once a week I take a rag and give it a rub with the vinegar, and then add a bit in the water as well. I have a severe reaction to bleach (this has built up over time) and only use diluted white vinegar for my housecleaning as well. It does a fabulous job with the housework as well as the coop and waterers.

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

I give them fresh new water every other day. Use the old to water shrubs, garden plants etc. Once a week I use some steel wool to wipe out the drinking stations.

 

[orbirdman]

once a week or two i bring the 1 gallon water station in and use non chlorinated bleach and dawn in it. let it soak for 30 minutes then a good hot rinse followed with a good cold rinse. after that i fill it with water and add a teaspoon of some apple cider vinegar that has the "mother" in it. i fill it everyday and if it needs a quick rinse its done.

 

[Gazinga]

the apple cider vingar has solved most of my dirty waterer problems

 

[cackle]

How much vinager to a gallon of water?

 

[willheveland]

I keep a spray bottle of pure bleach and a 3m dish scrubber outside during warm weather.Each time I water them I spray their waterers with the pure bleach then scrub with the 3m pad.I rinse them well and then add the ACV.I use probably 1tbls per gallon of water but I don't measure it out.Just a glug or two. Will

 

[cluckychick]

lemon soap (natural pest deterrent) or vinegar and a scrub brush. We put a cone on the top of it and noone perches anymore. You can buy the cone at any hardware store. It's a samll one that fits right over the lid of the water, not the big ones you find on the highway, lol. I also use a tbls per gallon of water.

You'll know if you add to much because then the chicken won't drink the water.

 

[BayCityBabe]

Is it true that we should not put ACV in our metal waterers? I've held off on the ACV because I was unsure.

 

[mtnhomechick]

I was using bleach until I read on Estes Hatchery Website NOT to use bleach. Then a farmer I know here told me it can make the layers sterile. I guess the plastic absorbs it. Now, just to be safe I just use Dawn.