What's
so special about the Avian Aqua Miser?
Watering
used to be our
least favorite part of chicken care. As we pulled our chicken
tractors over uneven ground, watering containers would tilt and drain
dry leaving our chickens thirsty on hot summer days. Our chickens
pooped in the waterer reservoirs and on top of the handles --- nasty
for us and them! The Avian Aqua Miser solved
all of our problems. Our hens now get to drink nearly unlimited
clean water! Plus, in the summer we can pamper our hens by
putting ice cubes in the Avian Aqua Miser for hours of cool drinks.
How
does my chicken drink out of the Avian Aqua Miser?
The chicken nipple
at the bottom
of your Avian Aqua Miser is designed to release water from the
reservoir when
touched. Your chickens will quickly learn to peck and lick at the
nipple because of their attraction to the color red. If they
don't catch on 
right away, poke the nipple a few times with
your finger
letting the water drip out onto the ground and your chickens will soon
figure it out. Instructions that ship with your waterer will give
you a more detailed approach which works for recalcitrant hens.
Our hens figured out the nipple in less than five
minutes!
How
many Avian Aqua Misers do I need?
An
average chicken
drinks 100 mL of water on a cool day, but can drink three times that or
more on a hot summer day. Older chickens also tend to drink
considerably more water than younger birds. Since the Avian Aqua
Miser holds 2,000
ML of
water (about half a gallon), we recommend purchasing one unit for every
five hens. Buy
an extra if you want to be able to go out of town for the
weekend! Some folks with large chicken coops have had good luck
buying our three pack DIY kit and installing the nipples in the bottom
of a five gallon bucket.
Where
should I hang my Avian
Aqua
Miser?
The Avian Aqua Miser should be hung so that the base is approximately
18
inches above the ground. (We sometimes recommend hanging them
lower for the first day so that your chickens are sure to notice
them.) We hang
ours from the top of our chicken tractors, but you can also put a screw
in the wall of your coop and hang it there. The attached hanger
makes it easy to hang your Avian Aqua Miser from just about any
surface. Click
here to see alternative
mounting methods.
How should
I care for my Avian
Aqua
Misers?
Aqua Misers require very little care. Rinse every few weeks with
warm water and your chickens will be drinking clean water all day long!
Does the Avian Aqua
Miser work in the
winter?
The Avian Aqua Miser shouldn't be frozen, so we recommend taking it in
on winter evenings then putting the refilled Aqua Miser out the next
morning. On extremely cold days, you may need to swap your cold
unit out for one full of warm water during the day. So much
easier than breaking ice out of a conventional
chicken waterer!
Is the
Avian Aqua Miser's plastic container safe for my birds to drink
out of?
We use food-grade plastic in our Avian Aqua Misers to protect your
chickens' health.
Why haven't I
seen anything like
this
before?
The Avian Aqua Miser is based on the method industrial chicken farms
use to water their birds. In the industrial farms, multiple
nipples are attached to a long hose so that each bird has a way to
drink clean water in its own cage with no spillage.
Unfortunately, the hose setup is hard to carry over to the backyard
chicken operation since many nipples require high water pressure to
work. We developed the Avian Aqua Miser to be the best of both
worlds --- clean, fresh water for your chickens to drink, but no hoses
to drag behind your tractor or clutter up your yard.
Will the
Avian Aqua Miser work
for
ducks? Geese? Turkeys? Quail?
Yes to all of the above! However, ducks should also be given a
wading pool or other body of water to swim in. You may need to
mount your waterer higher or lower than the height listed in the
instructions depending on your birds' stature --- the goal is to have
your birds reach up to the nipple in the bottom of the waterer, but not
to have to strain to reach it. Your birds may also drink more or
less than the amount listed above depending on their size --- use your
common sense and assume a full grown turkey drinks a lot more than a
duckling.
How will I
get my ebooks?
All orders come with bonus
ebooks and videos. These files will ship on a CD in pdf
format. You will need to open these files with your computer, not
with a CD player.
