Not new to chooks but been a while. Decided on 10 as we have opened a new BnB in Scotland. I do have a question about giving chicken rain water?

[CHlCKEN]

Welcome to BYC! This awesome community of poultry keepers and experts will be very excited to jump in and answer whatever questions you may have.

 

[EldanHouseBnB]

Hello! Your chicken palace looks great! I am also renting our guesthouse as a BnB. Eggs in the refrigerator are a big hit. Feeding the birds is also fun for a lot of our visitors. City people like to come to the "country" and their vacation is where we live full time.
We could never depend on rainwater here, but we collect it, and sometimes lucky birds get it in their water dish. We use well water a lot, no problem. It is not officially potable water, but the birds have had no problem with it for the past year.

Thank you and hope your BnB does well once we all get back to normal and out of covid

 

[EldanHouseBnB]

 

[Marie2020]

Hello there

What a lovely palace you have. It looks ideal for your chickens.

I'm no expert on chickens as I am learning daily but as for the rainwater they will always find a way to drink at least some of it. I always try to avoid this as much as possible due to the numourous air pollution's we have have going on. I'm hoping to find a way to filter rainwater one day.

As you get used to this site you will find a host of helpful articles. That's if you can ever get the time to read them all.

 

[EldanHouseBnB]

Hello there

What a lovely palace you have. It looks ideal for your chickens.

I'm no expert on chickens as I am learning daily but as for the rainwater they will always find a way to drink at least some of it. I always try to avoid this as much as possible due to the numourous air pollution's we have have going on. I'm hoping to find a way to filter rainwater one day.

As you get used to this site you will find a host of helpful articles. That's if you can ever get the time to read them all.

Thank you for kind words about coop - it was a joy to build. I will definitely keep an eye on the water quality if using rain water. In Scotland the tap water is high quality so we very lucky.

 

[Marie2020]

Thank you for kind words about coop - it was a joy to build. I will definitely keep an eye on the water quality if using rain water. In Scotland the tap water is high quality so we very lucky.

I can't find a particular article I would like you to look through. I will add it here if I can get to track it again soon

Not being kind that coop is just perfect

 

[abpatchy]

How is this handled while they have to stay inside during bird flu? I know the UK had to lock down their animals... some areas in Germany have to. Right now it is about to knock on my door. One of the rules is no surface water... meaning rain water that could have been contaminated. Just one thing you might want to think of. But other than that, there is nothing wrong with rain water.

 

[Parront]

Thank you and hope your BnB does well once we all get back to normal and out of covid

We only rent out the Bunkhouse on weekends, since I let it air out until Wednesday before I clean, then they check in on Friday. We have it listed on Air BnB and since we started last July it has been rented pretty often. We do not rent it when the snow is 17" deep! Most people who come are local, from Phoenix which is about 2 hours away.
I hope you do well, too! It is something we never imagined doing when we retired.

 

[EldanHouseBnB]

We only rent out the Bunkhouse on weekends, since I let it air out until Wednesday before I clean, then they check in on Friday. We have it listed on Air BnB and since we started last July it has been rented pretty often. We do not rent it when the snow is 17" deep! Most people who come are local, from Phoenix which is about 2 hours away.
I hope you do well, too! It is something we never imagined doing when we retired.

Send me your air BnB link, would love to see your place

 

[EldanHouseBnB]

https://abnb.me/rzl0gY8nOeb