dirty water and feed pots

[kezai]

How do I stop the chicks flapping wood shavings into their water and feed pots. I could be cleaning every half an hour. I'm new to chick rearing and would appreciate any tips.

 

[Turtle]

Put the feed pots and water on something just high enough they can reach it all, but you can never really stop that for good.

 

[needtohatch]

Set them up on a brick or piece of wood. It wont stop it completely, but will help.
Now if I could get mine to stop flinging their food into the shavings I would be all set!

 

[kezai]

Doh! So obvious. Thanks guys.

 

[damselfish]

Even better is to make a kind of stair-steppy thing if you have room...a bigger piece of plywood on top of the shavings to create a "no shavings" zone, then a 2x4 or whatever might be appropriate on that to lift the waterer.

Hope that makes sense!

 

[pascopol]

Quote:
When I was using wood chips I tried all kind of tricks to keep the water and food clean.

There is no way to entirely prevent it .

That was a major reason I stopped using wood chips, and I am happy without this smelly mess, I believe my chicks are happy too.