How much water do chickens drink?

[casportpony]

I think one can assume that they will drink 3/4 ounce to 3 ounces per pound of body weight per day.

 

[FowlLove]

Your birds should consume twice the water than feed at least. For your size flock it may last 6 days but spillage and rinsing to keep clean may waste it sooner. Extreme dryness or heat and they may consume more. Mine is smaller 1 gallon for 4 birds and last me 2-3 days sometimes 4. Spillage and rinsing bottom fountain to clean wastes more.

Ok, I should add that it is a hanging waterer with nipples so I don't have to worry about it getting dirty.

 

[rosemarythyme]

It really does vary wildly. I have 7 chickens and my current waterer holds short of 3 gallons but I've only refilled it once since I got it (2-3 weeks ago). Because it's been raining about 50% of the days, the birds opt to drink rainwater over using the waterer.

 

[flyin-lowe]

it varies by the coop. The one has about 10 right now and that’s the one with the 5gal waterer. My bantam coop has more birds but they go through 2 gallons a day.

Any chance you have a leak? I have 16 hens (mixed flock) and they have a single 5 gallon waterer. It typically last 5-7 days. I can't imagine 10 chickens are drinking 5 gallons a day. That's almost 4 pounds of water a day per bird........

 

[AlleysChicks]

Any chance you have a leak? I have 16 hens (mixed flock) and they have a single 5 gallon waterer. It typically last 5-7 days. I can't imagine 10 chickens are drinking 5 gallons a day. That's almost 4 pounds of water a day per bird........

No, but that’s what I go through in the summer. I had about 20 birds in there then.
Sometimes I was able to do every other day but I usually topped it off at least. I packed 4-5 5 gallon buckets out for everyone in the summer per day.

 

[My1stChickens]

In warm weather, more than a cup per day per hen. Winter, maybe half that. I'm mixing medicated water right now for five pullets. I mix 8-10 cups each morning. (16 cups is a full gallon) and I dump water out every night.

 

[Chickadooo]

I've cheated, got one of those doggie water bowls that are auto fill, short of losing power, (we're water haul, need power for the pump) they always have water.. clean the bowl of dirt and sand and they are set.

Can you show us a picture of that? Maybe from Amazon or something?

 

[paneubert]

Can you show us a picture of that? Maybe from Amazon or something?

Most likely something like this.....

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RAQBHAO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_b2JqCb5GR0DZ6

 

[starri33]

Most likely something like this.....

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00RAQBHAO/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_b2JqCb5GR0DZ6

That is exactly what it is, I have one for my dogs, and two in the chicken coop, that way for them there is more than one place to get water, 3 dogs and I think that my sex-links are bigger than they are.