Does anybody have a good idea for a "water spill catcher"?

[homeschoolmama]

I don't know what to call it and have searched the forum but I would like to make something that I can put my 1 gallon waterer over to catch spills and keep the water out of the shavings inside the coop. I thought I saw somewhere on here someone had something covered w/ hardware cloth. I don't really just want to do a bowl or tray w/ the waterer inside if i can figure out something else.
Thanks!

 

[WoodlandWoman]

I'm sure you could make something like that. Just put together some type of pan with some type of grid over the top of it. You could use a lot of different things.

Are you having a problem with wet shavings now or are you just worried that you'll have a problem? I'm just asking because I've never had a problem with too much excess water in the coop, just from the chickens drinking. I do know some people have had trouble occasionally with a waterer that leaked or wasn't level. Sometimes hanging waterers get bumped, especially if the chickens are more crowded or there's something going on in the flock.

 

[homeschoolmama]

I'm sure I could come up w/ something but thought why reinvent the wheel if someone already has one. This would go in my new coop. My other coop has a dirt floor and the occassional spill doesn't seem like a big deal there, I don't want my wood floor to get ruined and hubby isn't into doing the linoleum floor thing

. I'm so lucky at this point that he is even building me this one (back part of our storage shed) to accomodate way too many (in his view) new chicks.