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Lessons On Watering Chickens

I thought I was being pretty smart. The chickens have a big watering container that freezes solid so I bought a $1 dishpan I could dump and fill more easily on cold days. It worked well for several days and then I had a couple of very important lessons.

Lesson1:

DO NOT slap the plastic pan full of DIRTY chicken water against the side of the building to break the ice, especially when it is 25 degrees outside. DIRTY chicken water in your face is very cold and yucky!

Lesson 2:

DO NOT bang the back of said plastic pan full of Dirty chicken water against your knee to break the ice, especially when it is 25 degrees outside. Your knee can go right through that cold, brittle plastic pan and get covered with DIRTY chicken water. Very cold but not quite as yucky as lesson 1!

I think I might look in to getting a metal pan of some sort....

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06:09, Friday, February 15, 2008 .. Posted by schatzila

Great advice...will come in handy if we can ever get our chickens.

Connie

There is nothing like learning by doing. Good luck with your chicken adventures!

Edited by tondalynn on Friday, February 15, 2008 at 08:24