ajm200 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Our girls have a superglug. The water gets changed regularly but the bottom of the glug has started to go green very quickly. I've got a great bendy vileda scrubbing brush that seems ideal for getting into all the corners of the grubs and glug but I'm concerned in case the slime makes the girls sick Would Apple cider vinegar help and if so how much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I haven't tried vinegar, but I've never managed to stop the Glug going green and it doesn't seem to bother the girls at all, obviously I scrub it out every so often but it 'greens' up again quite soon. Mine prefer to drink the most revolting stuff out of plant-pots, puddles etc anyway ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph101 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Ours have never had a drink of plain water since we've had them! Every time the water is refreshed, I use a splash of apple cider vinegar, a splash of poultry booster, and a few drops of citricial if anyone has been looking off colour. Never once had any green in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 This happens to our dog's water bowl. I have found that exposing it to direct sunlight gets rid of the algae. I don't think chickens care about algae in their water, they probably prefer it Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgirl73 Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 considering my girls prefer to drink out of my OH's small pond, which is teeming with green 'stuff' I don't think it will do them any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 This happens to our dog's water bowl. I have found that exposing it to direct sunlight gets rid of the algae. I don't think chickens care about algae in their water, they probably prefer it Tessa My dog has a bucket outside for drinking (he point blankly refuses to drink from clean bowl inside) and the chooks are forever helping themselves to it-complete with frothy doggie saliva floating on surface. Id much rather eat eggs from hens which drink green water than those who drink dog slobber... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Kettle Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 It all comes full circle anyway. My cat will only drink water from the glug, not fresh from his bowl in the kitchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Mine prefer a filthy puddle any day. Re the super glug, a good hot soapy scrub and rinse once a week should be more than enough. I used to put my ordinary glugs in the dishwasher....they came up a treat. I don't know if you can do that with a superglug....I've never used mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xScrunchee Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 This happens to our dog's water bowl. I have found that exposing it to direct sunlight gets rid of the algae. I don't think chickens care about algae in their water, they probably prefer it Tessa I always find that the bowls of water which are in direct sunlight go more green than the ones in the shadier parts of the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye&Ant Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Yeah I just clean them out once in a while. When the girls are out in the garden they prefer to go and find a pot filled with dirty rainwater which they drink out of instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
