Dishwasher safe??

[AshVau22]

Anyone know or has any ever put the chicken feeders and waterer in the dishwasher to clean them? I'm worried they might melt or be deformed. They are the 1 gallon one's you'd get a TSC.

 

[SourRoses]

I would not want chicken gear in a dishwasher used for human dishes. Chicken poo contains salmonella which could spread very easily to food contact surfaces.
For example: You place the feeder in the dishwasher then grab the detergent bottle and press the buttons with unwashed hands.
Next person to unload the dishwasher touches the handle before grabbing each of the dishes to put them away, spreading salmonella.
The CDC issues urgent alerts every year when they find outbreaks of salmonella tracing back to backyard chicken keeping.
It's not a bug people build immunity to, and how bad it hits depends on the persons health that particular time.


Here's how I clean the waterers. Outdoors, I take it apart and blast it with the hose on jet. Then set the reservoir upside down and fill it with water very near to the brim. Then add a couple glugs of bleach. (Adding the water second agitates the bleach, accelerating the off-gassing which renders bleach ineffective.)
Then I do the same bleach routine with a pan or tray (lately I've repurposed a kitty litter pan), and submerge the tray portion of the waterer in that.
Leave them to soak a while then hose them and set out to dry. I usually do several chicken things with the same water to make the most of the bleach (tip it into the next item). When I want to clean a bunch of stuff I fill a big plastic muck bucket (never used for poo) with water and a half bottle of bleach, then submerge everything, being sure to disperse air bubbles so it doesn't float. A little stir / flipping half way through gets everything clean. And I do not have to scrub. Chicken gear is no fun to scrub with all those nooks & crannies.

 

[AshVau22]

I would not want chicken gear in a dishwasher used for human dishes. Chicken poo contains salmonella which could spread very easily to food contact surfaces.
For example: You place the feeder in the dishwasher then grab the detergent bottle and press the buttons with unwashed hands.
Next person to unload the dishwasher touches the handle before grabbing each of the dishes to put them away, spreading salmonella.
The CDC issues urgent alerts every year when they find outbreaks of salmonella tracing back to backyard chicken keeping.
It's not a bug people build immunity to, and how bad it hits depends on the persons health that particular time.


Here's how I clean the waterers. Outdoors, I take it apart and blast it with the hose on jet. Then set the reservoir upside down and fill it with water very near to the brim. Then add a couple glugs of bleach. (Adding the water second agitates the bleach, accelerating the off-gassing which renders bleach ineffective.)
Then I do the same bleach routine with a pan or tray (lately I've repurposed a kitty litter pan), and submerge the tray portion of the waterer in that.
Leave them to soak a while then hose them and set out to dry. I usually do several chicken things with the same water to make the most of the bleach (tip it into the next item). When I want to clean a bunch of stuff I fill a big plastic muck bucket (never used for poo) with water and a half bottle of bleach, then submerge everything, being sure to disperse air bubbles so it doesn't float. A little stir / flipping half way through gets everything clean. And I do not have to scrub. Chicken gear is no fun to scrub with all those nooks & crannies.

Thank you. I didn't even think about salmonella. I will do your method.

 

[SourRoses]

Thank you. I didn't even think about salmonella. I will do your method.

If only they didn't poo on everything!