Do chickens need protection from water troughs & alfalfa hay?

Sep 17, 2021
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As I watch my little indoor chicks get excited for the bits of alfalfa hay I give as a treat, and I reflect on the drowned squirrel that I pulled from the horse's water trough, it gives me pause.

Do you take special steps to keep free ranging chickens away from these things?

I guess I could put a ladder board in the trough (just standard oval galvanized 100g), and chicken fence my bales of alfalfa hay if I must. Are these things safety hazards?

Thanks :)
 
As I watch my little indoor chicks get excited for the bits of alfalfa hay I give as a treat, and I reflect on the drowned squirrel that I pulled from the horse's water trough, it gives me pause.

Do you take special steps to keep free ranging chickens away from these things?

I guess I could put a ladder board in the trough (just standard oval galvanized 100g), and chicken fence my bales of alfalfa hay if I must. Are these things safety hazards?

Thanks :)
Chickens absolutely will drown in troughs. Every year I lose chicks and teens, occasionally adult bantams too to troughs.
 

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