water dispensers

my girls are soooo naughty- within 5 minutes of me changing their water, they fill the gravity feeder with mud!!!!! i've raised it off the ground by 3 block paving bricks but they still get mud in the water. all the dispensers seem to be in this style- are there any that prevent this problem-if so where can i get them from.

Hi CG.

You can get trough types that hang on wire mesh. Or, if you're clever, you could try and make your own. We have the basic vacuum hopper type sat on a couple of bricks and they don't make a mess in it. The odd bit of bark or leaf gets in but nothing more than that.

Are they climbing onto the rim ?

Rob

have you got water on tap near by,if so you could make an auto feeder

As our girls seem to spill any water if the drinkers are hanging inside the house, we usually leave them outside, but they sit on top and poop in the rim bit, dirty girls!!!!

But I'd like some of these!!!!

http://www.solwayfeeders.com/productsdetail1.asp?STOCK_CODE=6225  lol

Put your dispenser under cover, so that the area around it stays dry.

If you mean me Nogger, I'd need an awful lot of guttering for 500 chickens and turkeys!!!!