Pine shavings in water

[Dutch552]

I just switched to the 5 gallon bucket with nipples at 4 weeks old and all 14 chicks caught on overnight. No more shavings or poop in the water.

 

[redfeather]

I keep my chick waterers as high as I can with the chicks still being able to reach them... Mine are typically situated on top of an overturned dog watering bowl... I also keep my chicks in the bathroom and dump the water in the rim of the waterer down the toilet as soon as I notice any waste in it. This keeps it pretty clean. By about four or five weeks I move the chickpea put to the shed and use a bigger waterer and put it a little higher on some two by four scraps. I also have a setup similar for my aunt chickens. The waterer is on a stack of scrap two by fours and about ten inches off the ground. The chickens have to stand up tall for the water but they don't seem bothered at all.

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[newchick13]

@azygous
Love the setup! Does the netting interfere with screwing on the base?

 

[azygous]

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You cut the netting off that is above the screw threads, and so it doesn't get in the water.

 

[colebarnhart]

Cheap, easy, and super clean!!!!! You'll love it and they will also!!!!

 

[dmazaika]

For some reason, even if you raise the waterer, shaving will always get in the water. It is a pain but there's nothing you can really do except clean it everyday.

 

[Dirtyhip]

Thanks for the idea on the bricks. I have 4 chickies in a tote, and the shavings were irritating me. Also, I don't want the chickies stomping in the water. Last night I brought them home and set up the temporary brooder. They kept stomping in the water.

Chickens are not terribly smart I think.

 

[ozark_chickies]

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The shaving in the water, doesn't bother me as much as when they get big enough to turn the whole dang water over. I've had a few chicks that liked to sit on top of the waterer, and they still do a full grown chickens! It's not a big deal out in the run, but it makes a mess in the brooder.

 

[MEchickenfarmer33]

 

[penut1799]

Me too! We put a plate upside down under the water! Seems to help a little bit.