Sunday, June 28, 2015

Factors To Consider When Installing Constant Flow Water Supply For Chickens

Factors To Consider When Installing Constant Flow Water Supply For Chickens

By Ruthie Calderon


Automatic water flow provides a great way and methods to ease the tiresome daily routine of watering your birds. Irrespective of the number of chickens you have, they can always be a labor saver when compared to feeding birds manually. The more chickens your rear the more the advantages of using this idea. Constant flow water supply for chickens will help you save on cost and still ensure your birds are well taken care of.

When deciding on which fountain to install you have to consider certain factors such as location, if you intend to place your fountain in a specific location then make sure it is the appropriate fountain for such a place. You can place the devices on a table where the chickens can reach easily without straining, place them on wall or floors and also in the garden, outdoor or courtyard location.

If the birds come into contact with foreign birds or wild birds that are infected and the presence of bio film in the feeders which allow the bacteria to flourish. Bio film is made up of sticky elements generated by bacteria that are found mostly inside watering devices.

Steps to take to ensure your birds are healthy include isolating your chicken from other wild birds. Wild birds can bring infections to your birds. If bird owner let their chickens move around the garden they should place their fountains in a coop to prevent wild birds from accessing them.

Cascading type is a flexible system of supplying technique and the most common among homes. This system works as follows, it has a jet which releases fluids on the surface around glazed pot, the content flows freely through the pot and down to basin. The basin water is recycled using a pump. This system is suitable for small gardens and does not make a lot of noise.

Dome and bell feeders are almost the same but they both have different purposes or roles. For dome it has to be placed on the surface of the floor while bell drinkers are suspended in air for them to be efficient. Recommended for indoors use since they can be hanged or suspended. Are not appropriate for outside conditions because the wind blows them making it hard for chicks to drink from them.

Dome drinkers they sit on ground and are appropriate for open air usage or outdoors. The rain and wind cannot cause your feeders to stop from working or cause them to leak. Both dome and bell use same technique to control water flow.

Water holder is suspended and these devices are linked to spring valve located above the feeder. The valve automatically opens up when the dome is light allowing more fluid to come into your bowl base. When the fluid come in the bowl base, it causes the weight to increase which then over weighs the tension of the spring causing spring to seal and stop further flow.

The system advantage include, they seem to be neat and good looking, it is simple for birds to use them, they are relatively cheap systems to install, are very simple to move and assemble and lastly are appropriate for small pullets to use provide the system is down enough for them to reach.

Disadvantages are, the systems are easily clogged, only suitable for small scale rearing of birds because only one birds feeds at a time, during winter seasons they freeze easily, they can break easily if they are made of plastic and not appropriate for many birds.




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