Water Clean, Thaw, and Outside..?

[CityslickerHomestead]

If you elevate the bowl up on some concrete blocks, less debris will get in it.
Also, it might be the debris that is causing the bacteria/mold growth, and not the heat. I use heated dog bowls and I don’t seem to have that issue. Maybe it’s because mine are up on blocks.

Sorry! In my head it is implied the bowls ar elevated, but that is only because it is so normal to me to have them elevated. It does not cross my mind that there are people who do not keep their bowls off the ground. I have been doing this since they were in the brooder.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

So... how do you teach your chickens to drink from HN, or should I start another thread for this question?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Somebody mentioned mold in the waterers. Are these waterers outdoors? Sunlight promotes mold and algae. Try moving the waterers to a shadier location.

 

[Manhen]

Somebody mentioned mold in the waterers. Are these waterers outdoors? Sunlight promotes mold and algae. Try moving the waterers to a shadier location.

Do you mean Chicago?

 

[Cryss]

They don't care about dirt and bedding in the water, we do. I don't think they will drown either. I have seen a chicken climb, in 1.00 seconds, up a 6 foot tall coil of 2/4" welded wire fencing, about 18" open inside diameter. He was a bad rooster and needed to be isolated. He disagreed. To drown it would need to be a pretty big bucket.

EDIT: Or a well-fed Buff Orpington named Marco Pollo.

Did he climb up but head down?