Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Chickabee]

My cage fighters are a messy nightmare. I was changing their water 2 or 3 times a day. They would fill it with straw, food, poop, mud. I have just however purchased a brilliant drinker called "wet a chook"

 

On the right. There is a constant flow of water which doesn't overflow because of the tongue thing. Girls took to it straight away. I didn't have to fill it up for 3 days.

 

I have just ordered the feeder too. Called "dine a chook" as the girls seem to like decorating with their food

 

Postage is quite high because they come from Australia, but I would deffo recommend.

[Grandmashazzie]

Gosh just what I need,Had a look on eBay the postage is very high.What we need is somewhere like Omlet to place a big order then we can buy from them.

[Chickabee]

That would be good. They're an independent company, so would probably be glad to deal with someone like Omlet

[Jenthelibrarian]

Oooooh! I remember seeing those online, but I'm guessing that at 3.5 litres it'd be too tall to fit in an Eglu Classic-type run?

 

I have had issues with mine leaping onto, and into, my Glug and using it as a foot-bath

We have provided them with one of those standard inverted bottle drinkers you give bunnies or g-pigs as a back up should they tip their water right over. Seems to work.

[The Dogmother]

Mine have gravity drinkers and feeders and I don't seem to have any problems with those.

[Chickabee]

That would be fine if the ex caged girls were a bit less messy. My other girls have gravity feeders and drinkers, and my small girls have glugs. No problems there. Also the cage fighters don't have much room in their coop and the gravity feeders took up loads of room. These tube type feeders, which fit on the wire, take up hardly any room

[merlina]

I like the look of these!

I stopped ordering stuff from abroad after being stung for ridiculous amounts of tax/penalties - did you have any of those problems?

[Chickabee]

No, no problem at all

[Grandmashazzie]

Just treated my girls to a wet a chook,it's their Christmas present

[Grandmashazzie]

Hi Sonya just got Wet a Chook today,very fast delivery.Do you think it will be okay if water freezes,am guessing they don't get so cold in Aussie land.I just think I'll keep mine til Spring.

[Chickabee]

I'm not sure. I'm still using mine it hasn't frozen yet. I think if you keep it full, the gravity of the water might help to prevent it.

 

Just got my feed a chook today. When I too the old feeder away, there was mould behind it, hasn't been there that long. Hoping it will stop them decorating their coop with food they are messy little devils