I totally agree Donna, the contamination aspect is a big one ...Where was this conference in CT and how did you hear about it? And btw, is this heat tape electrical?
thanks E, NJ
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Donna Carkin <dcarkin1@...> wrote:
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> I attended the Northeastern Poultry Congress yesterday Dr. Darre from UCONN gave a lecture on flock health. He highly recommends nipples as opposed to other sources of water.
> 1. notice how a chicken scoops up the water and then tilts their head to > swallow. Chickens have a cleft pallet and do not have the 'suck' ability to suck up water.
> 2. Nipples are the perfect 'angle' for chickens as they have to tip their heads to drink from other sources, but the nipples naturally put the bird's > heads in the natural drinking position.
> 3. Other sources of water can become contaminated with bacteria,
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> For heat purposes in winter, he recommends wrapping the water bucket in heat tape.
>
> Donna, MA
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