Building a DIY Chicken Waterer: Bringing Poop-free Poultry Water to the Backyard: Permaculture Chicken, #5
By Anna Hess
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Clean water for healthy chickens!
Are you tired of filthy waterers in your coops and tractors? Do you want to keep your flock hydrated in the winter when traditional waterers freeze? Or perhaps you'd like to give your flock something to do so they don't pick on each other?
The creators of the Avian Aqua Miser share tips and tricks from over a decade of experience in this image-heavy ebook. From easy-to-build bucket waterers to complex PVC arrays, you'll save time and money while creating the perfect waterer for any type of poultry while learning from the pros.
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Building a DIY Chicken Waterer - Anna Hess
Building a DIY Chicken Waterer
Bringing Poop-free Poultry Water to the Backyard
Anna Hess
Copyright © 2023 by Anna Hess
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Contents
1.Introduction
2.A very simple nipple waterer
3.Beyond the basics (but still pretty simple)
4.Mounting methods
5.Bucket waterers
6.PVC-pipe waterers for large and diverse flocks
7.Self-filling (and easy-filling) waterers
8.Watering chicks
9.Winter watering
10.Watering other types of poultry
11.Teaching your chickens to drink
12.Help! My waterer is leaking!
13.What's next?
Chapter 1
Introduction
image-placeholderOur journey toward facilitating clean water for backyard flocks began in 2006 when my husband Mark and I moved to a 58-acre farm and bought a dozen chickens. We soon fell in love with our feathered egg-laying machines, and Mark built tractors so our birds could mow our grass and hunt down bugs.
Every morning, my job was to go out and move the tractors, drop in a bit of feed, and make sure water was available. Mark was in charge of the afternoon chores: taking out the eggs and, again, checking on the chickens' water.
We used a metal gallon waterer, the type where you fill up the reservoir and liquid gravity feeds into a little round trough. A big mistake with tractors. One hot summer day, the chickens nudged the waterer, causing it to tip on uneven ground and drain dry. Before we knew what hit us, two chickens had keeled over from dehydration and heat exhaustion.
We buried our dead hens and vowed to be more vigilant. Mark started checking on the flock several times a day (good thing we work from home), and we had no more losses.
But the water situation was still driving me nuts. Every morning, I'd have to take out the waterer and clean the trough, which was always full of gunk scratched up by the hens. By evening, the waterer was filthy again!
Meanwhile, our young hens developed a habit of perching on top of the waterer and pooping on the lid and in the trough, making cleaning an unpleasant task. In winter, water froze in the trough and we took to pounding the waterer against the ground to empty it. To make matters worse, moving the tractors around the yard meant we were always carrying heavy water from the house.
Basically, we weren't happy campers. What were we thinking getting chickens?!
One morning, Mark woke up to hear me swearing at the hens. I'd put my hand smack dab in the middle of a pile of fresh poop on top of the waterer and I was not pleased. So, sweet husband that he is, Mark got to work. A few months later, after