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  1. TheChickenFanatic

    Potassium Sorbate in Water

    Is it safe to put Potassium Sorbate in your chickens' waterers to keep their water free from algae and other natural contaminants? If not, what other natural ways would you recommend using?
  2. nolamimi504

    My Pekin, “Goldie” Wife•Mother•Daughter Passed

    My name is Bridget, and I’ve posted on BYC many times and have ALWAYS been grateful for any and all advice I’ve received. If it’s advice you think a pet owner may not want to hear, that’s not me. Since she passed so suddenly before we even had the chance to bring her to the Emergency Vet @ LSU...
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  3. Raymond Dean White

    Algae in my automatic waterer

    I built an automatic waterer out of a food grade plastic bucket hooked up to a garden hose with a swamp cooler float valve controlling the flow. It has worked well for four months now in the extreme heat of our AZ summers (it's still in the 90's here and it's October 7). The water from the...
  4. knabtastic

    Growth in closed water system... Help!

    We have a closed water system (as good as you can get in your backyard setting), where water is automatically pumped via outdoor faucet timer into a 5 gallon bucket (located in the coop), which feeds down to a pipe with nipples for our chickens to drink. With it being so hot out I figured I'd...
  5. W

    UV Light w/ducks

    Hello all, First year with a duck pond and got the green water issue. Reading online a lot about people using a UV light to sterilize the water and prevent algae from turning the water green. My pond is in full sun(bad I know) and I got about 8-10 ducks. The pond is about 1500 gallons and has...
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