Avian Aqua Miser: Automatic, poop-free chicken waterers

Chicken waterer drip tray

Chicken waterer drip trayAlthough our chicken waterer is designed to keep the floor of the coop dry, I've noticed that a few chickens consider the nipples toys.  They peck just to have fun (or maybe to cool off by dribbling the water down their necks?), so the floor of the coop ends up a bit damp after all.

Arnold had some messy drinkers, but he wasn't content to let the coop get wet.  He wrote:

I think I came up with a solution to my problem. I cut a piece of 3'' PVC in half the long way to make a 'catch' trough. When the chickens drink, the excess water is collected in the trough which they drink. It has been a week and the pen is DRY at the water .


I hope Arnold's great idea helps those of you with similarly messy drinkers!



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