in the near future, our 4 girls are going to have to be left for a week. I doubt it will be that long without someone checking on them (it should only be two or three days at most, but there are reasons why it cannot be sooner) but i intend provisioning them suitably just in case. I have a lot of spare weldmesh which will be placed and pegged down in a wide band around there house and run to prevent digging in, and numerous bait stations and traps will be laid. The house and run themselfs are secure as best as possible against pests and the access doors are bolted and padlocked against humans.
My intention is to provide water and feed to last the week. I can work out how much feed the need, along with some corn mixed in, and will buy or borrow a suitable feeder to hold it. What i need to work out is how much water to provide.
At present the have two 3l drinkers, one inside and one outside. The outside one needs filling every other day, the inside one maybe every three days. What i would like advice on is working out how much they will drink per day assuming warm sunny conditions. This absence is likely to be in may. I will then get a drinker capable of providing in excess of the calculated amount, so how much per bird per day should i provide ?
