Your baby chicks will need water right away
as soon as you’ve put them in their new home. Observe them carefully and make
sure that they find where the waterer is. You can teach your baby chicks to
drink from the waterer by gently dipping their beaks in the water.
It
is not recommended to use just any water container for your baby chicks. For
best results, health reasons and safety, it is best to use a chick waterer.
Using an open container like a dish or bowl would just invite the chicks to
wade in the water which can be a cause of drowning. They will certainly enjoy
playing in it, making it dirty which means you need to change it constantly
during the day.
Using a chick waterer is no guarantee that
it would be kept clean, baby chicks will always find a way to play with the
water from time to time which may require periodic replenishment and/or change
of water in the course of the day.
Just like the waterer, resist the
temptation to use a regular dish or bowl. Buy a baby chick feeder so that they
can not play in it and kick the feed out of the feeder and all over their
house. Never underestimate baby chicks, they will surely find a way to play
with whatever is inside their house!
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