Best Waterers for Baby Chicks

Chick waterers can be surprisingly frustrating. Some stay clean but run out too quickly. Others are big and burdensome to fill up but you don’t need to fill up as often. We’ll talk about all the options and more to equip you to make the best decision.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Traditional Chick Waterers
1:36 Drawbacks to Traditional Waterers
2:30 Nipple Waterers
3:50 Drawbacks to Nipple Waterers
5:05 Which is Best for You?

[@heavymechanic2]

Just want to add my experience raising chicks in a tote. I use the Quail base because the chicks can drink and not swim in the water, a piece of wood under the water base also helps reduce the trash in the water rim. I also use 1 TBS of raw honey in the water the first week and continue to add some type of electrolyte vitamin to promote good health. One plastic bottle was leaking and I believe it was a different brand then the base sold at the same store (be aware). I'm brooding another round of Ranger chicks, first time with meat chicks, all are doing well. I use a 27 qt tote and a dozen chicks, after 2-3 weeks these need divided to no more than 8 chicks until moving them into your coop.

[@HeadrickHomestead]

Love it! Thank you for sharing your experience. Hope your first batch of meat chickens goes well! Will you be processing them yourself?

[@heavymechanic2]

@@HeadrickHomestead The 13 Freedom ranger chicks are growing, nine more Cornish in a brooder and just acquired three turkey poults. Yes, will be processing these and 6-8 young roosters as they are getting fat. Working on getting everything together in-addition to a honey crop coming in soon.

[@NHLGoalie1]

Is it okay to just leave a shallow bowl of water out for them like a dog?

[@Mypplz]

Yes absolutely. They’re just more prime to getting pushed over and getting poop and bedding kicked into it so it needs cleaning more often

[@HeadrickHomestead]

Yes! Exactly!