Watering question

[Orendalock]

Ditto on the clean containers and fresh water! We used to use a 5 gallon cooler with PVC pipe that fed into the coop and had the watering cups attached but I had a problem with algae growing in the cooler and I know there was some growing in the PVC pipe so I went back to the old way. I have a Hanging 3 gallon waterer but I fill it up every 2 days. I have 11 chickens and it lasts for a couple days before it needs changing.

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[Orendalock]

Not sure what type of waterers you have, but an enclosed, fully opaque waterer kept in a shady spot should have few issues with algae growth. I have never actually had to clean out my adult chicken waterers other than a simple quick rinse (the chick waterer is not opaque and gets slimy fast).

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[Orendalock]

Ditto to using copper fittings. Copper Sulfate also is used pretty regular by livestock farmers to keep tanks algae free.

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/productinfo.a5w?prodID=ACS

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[Orendalock]

I just clean mine daily I don't really have huge water containers or 5gallon drums yet lol.

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[Orendalock]

I spray paint my waterers to make them opaque. Algae needs light to grow.

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