food coloring in water

[TreyClark281]

i have a white kinda clear water can i put red food coloring in it to see where i am at on water?? i want to be able to see it from the window.
i go out there and splash all the dirt out of it 5 times a day it seems like but i never know how much i have unless i hold it up to the sun and try to see the line lol.
i put red food coloring in the humming bird feeders why not the chicken water?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

It won't hurt the chickens, but if it's the white plastic waterer I'd think the food coloring would eventually color the whole inside red and you wouldn't be able to tell anyways. I could be wrong though...

 

[EboyDog]

Try putting a piece of styrofoam in the water which will float, even better paint it with non-latex paint a bright color.

I do this with two 5 gallon water's I have which are those clouded white which you can barely see the water level, with the foam in them, I can see the water level30 yards away otherwise I have to open them up or pick them to feel how they weigh.