Connie's Coup - Part 2
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Our hens are well and truly settled in. They are great layers and help us prevent food waste by eating up the scraps. There was one thing, however, I wasn't happy with particularly in this hot weather. Their drinker!
The Oi, Boy, Coy and Joy had a traditional style drinker that sat on the ground. It was one of those ones that is made of plastic... you take it apart fill it up, screw the bottom back on and then flip it over and plonk it back in their pen. The problem with it was the hens would sometimes knocked it over, they messed in the water or flicked dirt into it and sometimes I didn't shut it up properly and the water leaked out... generally it was an a bit of a disaster... and notice here it is me cleaning out the water and not Connie (7.5 yrs) and Joe (3yrs) (who own the hens!)!
So it was time to invest, particularly since the weather has been so hot, in a new drinker. We did a bit of research and we then purchased a 30 litre galvanised drinker. The water bowl is off the ground and it is a vacuum drinker which means the water only comes through from the tank when the hens have drunk enough from the bowl. The hens love it and so do I.
Here are some pictures of us putting it together!
It is really important that the seals are fitted well as this prevents the water from just rushing straight through the drinker and the plastic ball on the end has to be in just the right position for the water level to remain at the right position.
Its a fantastic piece of kit. We decided it was such a great piece of kit that we needed to sell it on our shop along with the plastic alternative. Check out the Galvanised Drinker and the Plastic Drinker on our shop - Galvanised and Plastic Poultry Drinkers.
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