I'll tell ya what.... feel free to contaminate your own stream as you wish, and I'll feel free to prevent contamination of mine, as per the regulations.
Post some regulations please. Farmers do it daily with livestock. If it was illegal there would be some dead people around due to lack of common sense survivalI'll tell ya what.... feel free to contaminate your own stream as you wish, and I'll feel free to prevent contamination of mine, as per the regulations.
HH.Wench wasn't asking about commercial poultry, but was asking about a back yard flock. We need to try to be helpful so make sure it's regulations for a backyard flock
And my honest opinion is if said person thinks it's safe then use it. Common sense means question. Ask yourself if it's clean, moving, and supports other life then it's safe for the chickens to drink from it. A chicken is going to visit the water to drink, not take a poop. The rest of the day the chickens will be looking for food scratching and dusting and whatever else away from the water. No more contamination then normalI'll tell ya what.... feel free to contaminate your own stream as you wish, and I'll feel free to prevent contamination of mine, as per the regulations.
This sort of "common sense" is exactly the reason that folks need to question whether their stream's water is safe for their chickens to drink.
I'm pretty sure I'm wasting my time here... it doesn't explicitly require a college education to comprehend but in some cases, it would be greatly beneficial. Please note that this is rather outdated and that a manure management plan is indeed a requirement for livestock producers.
That would still be on a commercial scale not mom and pop or backyard
Wrong again. By most standards 5-10 head would be considered backyard production... but you STILL need to adhere to the regulations. And to add to that, "mom and pop" could easily run 1,000 pairs or more. Those words really mean nothing.
A hillbilly variety of common sense is right. You never provided a legit website to back up your uneducated so-called logic.
Ask a hiker if she/he will drink out of a stream without water purification tablets. Just saying. As for my well water I put in a $4k purification RO system with water softener. Best water in 40 counties. I had high levels of lead. And a hardness of 127 with a high iron count. Not any more. I have no trouble drinking my water, no rust stains on my clothes or using it for my birds. Why look for troubleWithout meaning to be rude. You people are way out there .All of you better do a water quality test on your city water ,well water what ever . Float a duck in a still water pond . With many a chicken drinking out of the pond. But not let a chicken drink from a running streamIf the stream will support aquatic growth then a bird can water out of it . If the stream runs clear most of the time . And has a good flow then I see no problem with it . Wish I had one . Have wet weather streams that dry up quick . With new EPA regulations you might need to limit access to the stream .They prefer that you not fence across a stream ,or allow total access by farm animals . Rather fence along the stream with small access areas, where they can water but not wade into the stream . I doubt your small flock will do much, if any damage to the quality of the stream . Slow moving streams tend to pollute easier than fast moving water. You can check with your local ASCS office for rules and regulations, pertaining to stream access.
