Is it AWFUL for ducks to drink dirty water

[WVduckchick]

I can always tell when my ducks have visited one of my chicken pens. The water is brown instead of clear.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Happy and healthy ducks (before their pools were put in, still green, even if their pools are constantly getting dirty) they have a large open run with a few small nesting houses and one larger house. They love to lay under the large house for shade during the hot part of the day.

also zip ties have since been cut and ducklings integrated so the pen is gone....

 

[lomine]

Since this hasn't been mentioned I'll bring it up. If you are worried about them running out of water or chickens getting clean water you can use a nipple waterer. In my coop I have two nipple waterers and several buckets. My oldest ducks were not introduced to a nipple waterer until they were older but had no problem learning how to use it. The open buckets get tossed and refilled daily and the nipple waters as needed.

The nipple waterers were a real life saver with the ducklings I'm currently brooding. Before they were big enough for the smaller buckets I used the old hole in the lid of a plastic container trick. Even with three containers they drained the water before I could get home from work to refill it. With the nipple waterer I knew they always had water to drink.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Since this hasn't been mentioned I'll bring it up. If you are worried about them running out of water or chickens getting clean water you can use a nipple waterer. In my coop I have two nipple waterers and several buckets. My oldest ducks were not introduced to a nipple waterer until they were older but had no problem learning how to use it. The open buckets get tossed and refilled daily and the nipple waters as needed.

The nipple waterers were a real life saver with the ducklings I'm currently brooding. Before they were big enough for the smaller buckets I used the old hole in the lid of a plastic container trick. Even with three containers they drained the water before I could get home from work to refill it. With the nipple waterer I knew they always had water to drink.

So, you do this on top of providing them with water deep enough to dip their head and nares?
I just had a long work week and didn't have time to do my normal routine. My ducks waterers were disgusting. I felt kind of bad - even though I provide them with a fresh tub of water every day.

 

[goslingluv]

Literally the nastiest creatures, my husband makes sure to remind me of that 100x a day.

 

[lomine]

So, you do this on top of providing them with water deep enough to dip their head and nares?
I just had a long work week and didn't have time to do my normal routine. My ducks waterers were disgusting. I felt kind of bad - even though I provide them with a fresh tub of water every day.

That’s right. In the coop they have multiple buckets in various sizes. Outside there’s tubs and a kiddie pool. Sometimes the water in the buckets gets pretty low because even with swimming water the ducks like to play in the buckets. They can’t get in the buckets but they splash a lot of water out.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

I set one of my waterers up like this: http://frankiemakes.blogspot.com/2012/06/duck-report-at-ten-weeks.html
But, the spout apparently lets water back flow back into the container. It gets pretty gross in like 2 days. So, I don't see the reasoning for the set up. Unless I am doing something wrong. It basically only out puts fresh water on day 1. So it would just be better to use the black tub and empty everyday.
I was testing to see if we could leave for more than a day and the animals be fine.

 

[goslingluv]

I live on a pig farm and we us 50 gal barrel hog waters with touch sensitive spouts and the wild geese and duck use them when the pigs are in the barn it takes about 20 minutes to make and maybe 20 bucks or less

 

[Duckztailz1]

Can we all just take a minute to appreciate the fact that a man was right. for one time..

 

[goslingluv]

You know we cant do that...lol