Commercial waterers are fine, or you can build your own! Water should be placed in a shallow waterer. Simply get a small tomato sauce can, poke two small holes on opposite sides of the can about one inch from the rim, fill with water, and invert in a shallow saucepan. The reason the dish must be shallow is because a curious chick will often venture into areas he doesn't belong, and there's nothing more awful than finding a drowned baby chicken! Think of it as child-proofing for a midget.
Food should be provided as commercial chick starter. You could potentially formulate your own chick feed, but why reinvent the wheel? Chick starter is extremely high in protein, which helps all those little chicks to grow up into big, healthy kings and queens of the coop.
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