Jules. Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 ...water. I have two peanut feeders, & although I keep the water full to brimming & change it daily, as soon as I open my back door the girls come running in , & love to drink out of my cat's water bowl. Any one else's chooks like to do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I have a glug and a 'traditional' drinker for the big girls - one week they drink out the glug and don't touch the other one, the next week they swap over, but never seem to use both at the same time - strange . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Mine like to wait until I've watered the plants then when the water drips out from underneath the pots they scoop it out of the grooves in the decking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Mine prefer a dirty muddy puddle to fresh clean water every time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Mine prefer mucky water from the top of a drain cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 Don't you all just love the way that they drink? Heads down for a sip, then up in the air to savour every drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I like the slurping noise they make as they swallow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I've bought a long nosed (?) watering can to top up the glug container, so I dont have to open the cage to do it. you should have seen them first time I "watered" the water. now they all make a dive for the water and try and drink it as its pouring out, its really comical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little Red Hen Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 My chooks are always trying to get into the Kitchen to check out the dogs bowls. His drinking water obviously tastes so much better than theres!!!Meanwhile the dog will be checking out around the eglu to see what they've been eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I've bought a long nosed (?) watering can to top up the glug container, so I dont have to open the cage to do it. I do that too! I'm amazed at how much they drink......each Glug is filled to the brim every day and they drain it almost completely. In the summer I have to put extra water containers for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I was expecting our two to drink more than they do - especially after reading posts on here and from what the MFO said when he delivered them. However, they don't seem to drink as much as we'd expected. They have never anywhere near emptied the Glug. Could it be because they're not laying yet?? Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 They definitely drink more when they start laying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 They definitely drink more when they start laying! Phew! We can stop worrying then. I guess we'll stop worrying about every little thing as time goes on. Mind you, this forum is invaluable at re-assuring us that everything is quite normal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 However, they don't seem to drink as much as we'd expected. They have never anywhere near emptied the Glug. Could it be because they're not laying yet?? Rob My 2 don't drink much - and they're both laying. I fill Glug and tip the remaining half away approx. every other day and refil with fresh (as they seem to be able to get half the bark chipping from the run into the Glug !!) H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I gave up using the Peanut very early on as the girls didn't like it - I thought it was something to do with them wanting to sip and then tip their heads back, something that isn't so easy with the Peanet. Mine will drink out of the dogbowl of water that I put in their run each morning, but, like other people's hens, prefer a dirty puddle. I'm thinking of setting the bottoms of wine bottles into a path I'm making in the garden. I've seen it in a magazine - the dimples in the bottle bottoms catch and hold rain water for the birds. I'm sure my girls will love it! I'll let you know if it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I'm thinking of setting the bottoms of wine bottles into a path I'm making in the garden. I've seen it in a magazine - the dimples in the bottle bottoms catch and hold rain water for the birds. I'm sure my girls will love it! I'll let you know if it works. Blimey, will be be a very short path or do you drink an awful lot of wine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RubyReckless Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 I'm thinking of setting the bottoms of wine bottles into a path I'm making in the garden. I've seen it in a magazine - the dimples in the bottle bottoms catch and hold rain water for the birds. I'm sure my girls will love it! I'll let you know if it works. Blimey, will be be a very short path or do you drink an awful lot of wine? I bet we coulde do a path like that to rival Offa's Dyke! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnrob Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hmmm - think I will try an additional bowl of water in the run and see if they prefer that. I like the idea of the wine bottles set into the path - how long will it take you to accumulate enough 'empties' though? You'll have to post some photos if you do it - would love to see. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 I'm ashamed to admit that collecting enough bottles will be no problem - I will just be making a few less trips to the bottle bank! the problem is cutting them. I'm going to try an electric tile cutter - but haven't got round to it yet (its too much fun just collecting the bottles!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallina Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 So this topic title "Chickens and drinking" obviously has two meanings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaime Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hi Richard.... do you have to fill the cut bottles with anything before you set them so that they dont break? I can imagine an interesting pattern and effect but what if you drop something heavy onto them? Did you see the idea somewhere and are there any pictures/instructions. Sounds an interesting idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Ive seen people do it as edging and they dont actually cut them they just put them in nose down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Hi I don't know yet! I saw it in a magazine and it looked really good. It was a patio/path with old slabs with the bottle bottoms set inbetween the slabs (one row of bottles) and then bits of gravel and small plants planted around as well. It looked really cool. So I thought it was a good idea. I've got as far as starting to cut up the bottles but haven't set any in the ground yet. I was planning to put earth in the bottles and then set them, with the slabs, into a sand bed with a bit of cement. If I can do it without any cement, if they do break I can get them out and replace them. Otherwise a broken one would be difficult to deal with. Actually its quite difficult to break a wine bottle - you have to hit it really hard. I reckoned that if I filled them with cement it would look silly, but if I left them empty they might move. So the first thing I will try is filling them with earth and see what they look like. I'm cutting them about four inches long to start with. I might experiment 'cos it would be really funky to have something sparkly inside them - or tiny reflective bits. Or perhaps that will just look naff. Any ideas about what to do with the top end of the bottle? I know you can make wine glasses out of them, because I've got some - but they're a bit to thick walled to be comfortable to drink out of. I may use them in my veg garden alongside the tomatoes and courgettes as watering funnels; buried in the ground next to the plant. It means I can fill them and they act as a water reservour and the plant stem doesn't get really wet. At the moment I use the plastic milk containers with the top cut off for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 That's a great idea Richard - you'd love my Phil's patio; he went to a reclamation centre and got lots of different quarry and slate tiles, bricks and stiff and has a sort of patchwork patio and path, with bottle bottoms and irridescent marbles set into it. I love it and want to do something like that with mine, I've been raiding skips for old quarry tiles etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compostwoman Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Richard what about putting water into the wine bottles and then inserting a red hot poker into the bottle - thermal shocks the glass and then a sharp tap - it breaks at the water line? ( so you can select the height of the break?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
