Avian Aqua Miser: Automatic, poop-free chicken waterers

"Chickens are the dumbest animals in the world..."

Homemade chicken waterer using a hoseDrew emailed me to let me know that he'd put some photos of his version of our homemade chicken waterer up on his website.  I like his elegant use of aquarium-type tubing, and his description of why he wanted to switch over to the Avian Aqua Miser:

Unlike bees, chickens are the dumbest animals in the world. I would put them a step under goldfish. Give them a bowl of water and they will take a drink out of it, then stand on the edge of it until it tips over, and then terd into it. It has been a constant battle between the chickens and I to keep them with fresh unfecaled water. I have been searching for some time for some sort of solution that would solve the problem once and for all, and I found it. The Chicken Nipple. I got a piece of tubing from lowes and a few fittings and made a five gallon waterer that they will never knock over. So that solves my issues with them for now...


Thanks for sharing, Drew!  I also loved the description of your farm, which sounds a lot like ours.



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I know it drives me mad, the water feeder may as well be 2ml not 2 litres. They knock it over in two minutes flat! Great idea with the feeder. Time for some DIY i think. Thanks. We are pretty new to chickens, we have two Warrens named Esme and Mertle. pictures on our website! Thanks again. Doug
Comment by Doug — mid-morning Thursday, March 25th, 2010
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Yep, that's exactly why Mark made the Avian Aqua Miser --- they were spilling their water and a couple died of heat stroke. (Plus, I complained incessantly. :-) )
Comment by anna — Thursday afternoon, March 25th, 2010
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