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Where to find chicken nipples??? I'm feeling like an idiot.

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I really want to work up a chicken nipple watering system in my under-construction coop, but I don't know where to get the nipples.  I haven't seen them in catalogs, and I've cruised through the aisles at the feed store, but I can't find them.  Maybe I'm asking for the wrong thing.  Do they have another name?  I could ask at the feed store, but I'd feel pretty stupid asking for chicken nipples.  I can see the clerk now smirking and saying, "Sure we have 'em, lady.  They're on aisle 13 between the horse feathers and the hens' teeth."

 

Help me out here!  I have an absolute talent for saying just the wrong thing anyway, without having to ask a stranger for chicken nipples!

 

--Nikki

Adoptive mom to 3 cats, 1 rabbit, and a 9 year old human boy, and bio mom to a 5 year old girl. 

Mother hen to 1 buff orpington, 1 buckeye, 1 silver laced wyandotte, 1 barred rock, 1 light brahma, and 2 easter eggers.

Our cardigan welsh corgi, Maddie, loves to herd chickens, children, and cats!

 

You can't scare me!  I teach 6th grade!

 

 

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Adoptive mom to 3 cats, 1 rabbit, and a 9 year old human boy, and bio mom to a 5 year old girl. 

Mother hen to 1 buff orpington, 1 buckeye, 1 silver laced wyandotte, 1 barred rock, 1 light brahma, and 2 easter eggers.

Our cardigan welsh corgi, Maddie, loves to herd chickens, children, and cats!

 

You can't scare me!  I teach 6th grade!

 

 

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most feed stores carry them or you can get them on amazon or ebay 

Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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Father of 1 2yr old daughter, 1 beagle/basset hound, 1 pit bull/basset mix, 1 mutt chicken, and 2 dominique pullets, 2 rir pullets

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Here's where I got mine http://www.qcsupply.com/chicken-waterers-drinkers  They have several choices of nipples, fast shipping, and were cheaper than other places I found.

 

FYI - everyone always says to use the 11/32 drill bit for all the nipples.  For the push-in nipples, 3/8 inch drill bit seems to be better and gets you a tighter seal.

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If you died tonight, where would you spend eternity?  Please think about it. 

Info we all need to knowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDDGl79x4Pc&feature=my_favorites&list=FLIvzTTPS3Bg-qsbs8VPh__Q


 

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If you died tonight, where would you spend eternity?  Please think about it. 

Info we all need to knowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDDGl79x4Pc&feature=my_favorites&list=FLIvzTTPS3Bg-qsbs8VPh__Q


 

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