Avian Aqua Miser: Automatic, poop-free chicken waterers

Are backyard chickens a health risk?

Free range chickensNews stories about the backyard chicken craze sweeping the nation are nothing new, but the one in Food Safety News caught my eye.  Dan Flynn wrote:

Nor does food safety get brought up very often.  Small poultry farms know their chickens might have Salmonella or Campylobacter, and they know what to do about it.  Will uninformed city folk mean backyard chickens will spread disease?


The Center for Disease Control lists a bunch of tips for preventing the spread of disease from chickens to humans, but the advice  can be summed up in seven words: Don't get chicken poop in your mouth.  If your daily chicken care smells or looks nasty, chances are you're putting yourself at risk.

Although we didn't set out to clean up the act of backyard chicken keepers, lately I've been realizing that the Avian Aqua Miser serves that goal.  One more reason to use chicken tractors or forest pastures and to delete that conventional waterer ASAP.



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