Trouble with the red plastic baby chick waterer????

[Jennym]

I have that red chick waterer (the smallest one for babies) that I bought for my six little girls who are only 7 days old. Twice now the waterer has been in the standing position, but empty. Their bedding was soaked on the side wher the waterer is. Now I know they did not tip it over and stand it back up. Has anyone else experienced this.
After dinner I may have to go the TSC and get something else.
It's not good. I work all day and who knows how long they have been with out water.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

is the bottom of your brooder level? even if it has a slight angle, or even a tad bit of a bounce like some plastic containers have, it's gonna drain out. Set a couple of bricks side by side and then set the water-er on top of that.

 

[LinckHillPoultry]

Did you twist the jar part too hard into the base? If so it probably cracked along the base. You might want to tape it.

 

[MandyH]

I have had those stupid plastic waterers not seal tightly when I screwed them togehter and it leaves just enough room for the water to glug, glug out slowly. I use glass jars and galvanized water bases. They last WAY longer, are more durable, and have less surface area for anything to drown in.

 

[redoak]

I had problems with ours too. I noticed it helps if you keep it full and keep the hole the water comes out, on the lowest side.

 

[patandchickens]

For now, if you have a regular 'big chicken' waterer, like one of the plastic 1 or 3 gallon ones, you can fill the trough about 2/3 full of marbles, or those glass blobs used for crafty projects, or WELL WASHED rounded pebbles.

sounds like your waterer may be defective - it may have a misfit issue that prevents it from sealing properly, or it may have a little 'burr' or something. That seems to be annoyingly common with the plastic waterers. We can put a man on the moon (well, we could thirty years ago) but we can't make a chicken waterer that doesn't leak? hmph

Good luck,

Pat

 

[Jennym]

Thanks for all the answers! You guys are the best.