At the county fair I saw a trick for keeping water clean

A guy with a huge flock had a small cinder block in each waterer base. He said the hens can't tip them over as easily when they hop on the edge. Tried it with my 5-gallon bucket setup and it's cut spills by a ton. Anyone else use weights in their waterers?

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kelly.noah5d ago

Oh man, the cinder block trick is a total game changer. I started using a big river rock in the base of my plastic waterer after my birds kept flipping it. It was a constant muddy mess before that. The extra weight makes it so much more stable when they hop up on the side. I tried a brick first but the block works better cause it's wider. Seriously one of the best free fixes out there.

oliverp565d ago

Works even better if you put the block in a mesh bag first.