Re: Holiday / Vacation care

From: Christina Websell (spamfree_at_tinawebsell.wanadoo.co.uk)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 21:48:14 +0100

"rmm7e" <rmm7e@nospamvirginia.edu> wrote in message
news:415B0546.40701@nospamvirginia.edu...
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> Christina Websell wrote:
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>> The only problem would be if they tipped up their water on the first day,
>> and it all drained away.
>> Poultry have a great need for water, they drink a lot.
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> Absolutely! A backup water is a Very Good Idea.
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> However, being two nights without water, while uncomfortable, is not
> likely to be fatal, except in perhaps extreme heat. YMMV.
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> --Regina

Two night and two days? It's not on. If my fowls tip up their drinker
around 7 pm, they are absolutely desperate for water early the following
morning.
As far as I'm concerned, it would be totally unacceptable to leave chickens
two nights without water (days in between without water too)

This is what I suggest you do, Regina. Get up one morning and have your
brekkie without anything to drink. Don't drink all day at all, and when you
get up the following morning, don't drink anything either. It will not be
fatal to you You still have a way to go without a drink. Like the
chickens, you might not die. I'm not sure how thirsty you will be though,
probably desperate.

Tina

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