Struggling
Hatching
- Mar 12, 2025
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Hi everyone, I’m a brand new chicken keeper and I’ve an chicken who refuses to drink from any sort of container. I didn’t realise until it was to late and I took her to the vets where she had to get hydrating injections.
Now I’ve discovered, she will only drink from puddles on the ground - which is hard because I’m in an extremely dry and hot climate.
I’ve currently got shallow bowls dug into the ground so they sit with ground level, of course it’s not great because they get pooped in and filled with sand within an hours. She also won’t use them.
She’s currently isolated from the rest and I’m having to swap between digging shallow holes and fill them with water and helping her drink with a syringe. Her beak is fine and she can drink the ground water so I don’t think it’s a physical problem, just a preference of hers. Sorry for the long post
Any suggestions ?
Now I’ve discovered, she will only drink from puddles on the ground - which is hard because I’m in an extremely dry and hot climate.
I’ve currently got shallow bowls dug into the ground so they sit with ground level, of course it’s not great because they get pooped in and filled with sand within an hours. She also won’t use them.
She’s currently isolated from the rest and I’m having to swap between digging shallow holes and fill them with water and helping her drink with a syringe. Her beak is fine and she can drink the ground water so I don’t think it’s a physical problem, just a preference of hers. Sorry for the long post
Any suggestions ?