Ideas on how to keep shaving from water ... how long can they be left

Can you hang the waterer or maybe raise it up on bricks or wood scraps above the shavings some how? That's what I do.

As long as they are in a brooder and have a heat lamp, I'd leave them in it instead of having them travel with you. At 2 weeks old, you don't want them exposed to any drafts. They need a steady temperature of 90 degrees at this age.


Dawn

 

I keep the water up a bit, so when they scratch, they don't get it in there. I just got different sizes of wood blocks to put the waterer on until they were big enough to hop up on something. Now I have the waterer on a large block. They hop up to drink and they do well. No more scooping out shavings

If the shop is warm, I wouldn't see a problem with it though 10-4 isn't that long. They could safely stay at home I think unless there is some other reason you want to take them with (letting the public see them or you have a cat/dog you don't want to leave them alone with)

 

We have always had to rely on cinder blocks to raise the feeder and waterer up off the coop floor. Our coop is a plastic-type shed, and nothing can be hung from the ceiling. The cinder blocks are an excellent height.

 

I bought a 12" round concrete stepping stone at the building supply store today for 1.99...came home and elevated the waterer again. So far...no shavings in it.

As they grow and get taller, I raise it more and more.

 

same problem here, I found a small box and put it up on there. still some in there but not as bad. it is so cute to see them scratching though

 

It is chicks mission in life to kick shavings into their water. It's programmed into them. Horses have to run, cats have to scratch, dogs have to slobber, and chicks have to kick shavings into their water.

 

I've used both a piece of a 2X4 and a brick. I like the brick better because it's long enough for the waterer and for them t get up on the brick to drink. It really saves a long of work and worry.