The Best Chicken Waterers

An egg sizzling in the frying pan is chock full of protein and vitamins but 76% of it is water With every egg laid a hen loses water from her body She needs plenty of clean drinking water to stay healthy and keep laying those delicious eggs

 

Unlike mammals, Chickens don’t sweat Their urine is a solid coating over droppings  They don’t need as much water as a similar-sized mammal, but they still must drink several times every day no matter what the weather is

 

It’s easy to install a big feeder in the coop that keeps hens happily eating for

How to Keep Chicken Water from Freezing in Winter

Just like us, chickens enjoy sipping cool, clean water throughout the day What surprises many new flock owners is how much they drink, even in the dead of winter How to keep chicken water from freezing in winter is one of the most important parts of cold-weather flock care, because