Hi you could level the ground with a shovel just under your drinker (I used to use them but found open trays better) that will help. I use 2 plastic troughs about 6 inches deep - I put them up on bricks so they don't kick too much dirt in to them - but I change the water every day anyway. The chickens drink 50% of their body weight every day so it really is important to have it there even if it gets dirt in it :) Hope this helps
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Thank you for this idea! I have some old rain gutter I can use for a trough and some cement blocks. That should make it high enough to keep the dirt out. Also much as I try ti keep the ground level under there, that's where they do their dust baths so it is always getting dug up and uneven. Cement blocks will prevent that too.
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Yes that would work well! Just make sure it's heavy enough that if they stand on it it wont tip over as sometimes they fly up on to the side - you could maybe prop it somehow so that it won't tip. Good luck :)
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