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Hi @dk7195 :frow

We like to have chicken feed and water in the coop. And kitchen scraps, seeds, weeds, etc are provided in the run area.

In regards to water, we use homemade water bucket with nipples, as well as commercial waterers. However, during the winter, we only use rubber bowls that we refill each morning because the water freezes overnight. Sometimes we have to fill it multiple times during the day because temperatures remain below freezing all day.

Welcome!
 
The Ranch Girl said:
Hi and WELCOME to BYC! So glad you joined.:highfive:
I do like having water and food our coop, but I typically throw feed out for them because we free range. Our water system? A bottom cut off of a barrel😂 we have to clean it every couple of days but outside the coop we use kitty pools. It takes forever for them to go through it. The barrel is very clean too. Unless the ducks get to it😅
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Thank you! I'm glad to be here. I'm already learning. I read somewhere that chix could easily drown in just a couple inches of water. Didn't seem legit to me but I've got a kiddie pool and I'll be giving that a try! I'm curious about the nipple type waterer. Seems like it would eliminate the issue of them kicking their bedding into the water.
 
dk7195 said:
Thank you! I'm glad to be here. I'm already learning. I read somewhere that chix could easily drown in just a couple inches of water. Didn't seem legit to me but I've got a kiddie pool and I'll be giving that a try! I'm curious about the nipple type waterer. Seems like it would eliminate the issue of them kicking their bedding into the water.
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Oh if they are chicks then yes they can, I was thinking full grown for some reason😅
If you still want to try it then put bricks or something they can step on inside of it. So if they fall in they can climb up on something
 
Hi :frow and welcome, fellow Missourian! We do not keep feed in the coop (I call it a hen house) any mòre because chickens don't eat or drink at night which is about the only time they're in there. But we feel it's especially important to keep water out of there because of the humidity (you know what I'm talking about!). Especially in the winter, high humidity can cause frostbite to wattles and combs. Nipple waterers can freeze in the winter, so we water in buckets, using electric insulated ones in winter. Tomorrow I'll post pics of our no-waste feeders; the chickens can't toss feed out to attract rodents (and the dogs can't steal food from them, either!). When the chicks graduate from the little chick feeders, they can eat out of these. We lock the feeders up in the well house at night to discourage rodents.
 
Hiya, and welcome to BYC!! :frow

We keep the food and water in the coop.

Water in the coop is a 5-gallon horizontal nipple bucket.
Water in the brooders is a large water bottle with a verticle nipple in it.

For the in-between chickens, we made a horizontal nipple waterer out of a Tupperware container.
 

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