I've had my beautiful flock of 14 chickens (near point of lay, probably Leghorns, probably hens) for a whole week now. They are free ranging the back half acre during the day and sleeping in a 10x12 coop at night. Their food and water are in the coop, to encourage them to not wander too far away.
I got really lucky and bought the whole flock plus feeders, waterers, and two half-bags of feed from a woman who was moving away. The feeders and waterer are the standard feed store kind, with the plastic jars that screw on the base. The feed isn't such a big deal - they should be scratching around in the litter anyway - but the water gets shavings in it and becomes undrinkable. What should I do? Can I hang a jar-type waterer, or maybe put it on a little stand out of the litter?
Thanks in advance
I got really lucky and bought the whole flock plus feeders, waterers, and two half-bags of feed from a woman who was moving away. The feeders and waterer are the standard feed store kind, with the plastic jars that screw on the base. The feed isn't such a big deal - they should be scratching around in the litter anyway - but the water gets shavings in it and becomes undrinkable. What should I do? Can I hang a jar-type waterer, or maybe put it on a little stand out of the litter?
Thanks in advance