Is this safe for baby chicks?

[nuttyredhead]

I have the 2 gallon galvanized waterer, is it safe for newly hatched chicks? I dont want them to drowned or get too wet trying to drink!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I don't like to use my large waterers when they are SO new. I usually wait until they are around 4 weeks old to switch them to a large waterer (about the time they don't seem to want to spend all their time in the coop- when they come and go from their heat lamp - from brooder to ground and back again up the ramp independently.

Until then, I like the mason jar waterers with metal base.

Here's another shot of it:

 

[nuttyredhead]

Great idea thanks! I will get 2 so i dont have to worry about the water freezing!

 

[Lofty Dreams]

I have chicks but they use one gallons. Nobody has drownded

 

[nuttyredhead]

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I wish the galvanized came in 1 gallons, they only have them in 2 and 5 here.

 

[Coopa Cabana]

You can put marbles in the water until the chicks are a little bit older. They can drink, but it keeps them from falling in and drowning.