Do you give your chickens rainwater in their water containers? I do. It started about 8 years ago out of laziness, but I soon realized that giving my chickens rainwater was actually good for them! Plus I can harvest the rainwater close to the coop so it saves me from hauling water a long distance.
Every drop of water we drink has fallen from the sky at some point and many parts of the world do nothing at all to treat the water before using it. Here in the states we clean, purify, chlorinate, soften and generally 'treat' the water in many ways before using it for human consumption. Is this necessary for animals though? Not really. In fact, some of those chemicals can be harmful to animals in large doses.
Think of this....water that falls from the sky is soft water. As it works its way through the ground and waterways it picks up chemicals making it hard water. We then use more chemicals to remove those ones and make it back into soft water. Not only is that just a little bit crazy, but we pay for that! By watering my chickens through rainwater collection I just cut out that middle system.
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