Do you have a picture of your brooder to share? I'd love to see their little play land! Sounds so fun! I can pick up my babes today, just trying to leave them at the feed store as long as possible to be sure they are in good health there! I need to dig up sod and get something for them to perch on, but otherwise I think I am all set!! Love hearing these stories! So helpful! So exciting!!I just gave the chicks a little bunch of wheat sprouts/microgreens (in that in between stage) and they went at it. Great fun, and I think they're actually getting some of the greens down. But at minimum it's great entertainment.
I was planning to use a nipple waterer with the chicks, but with the vertical nipples. I had read that they had a hard time activating the horizontal ones. I guess that's not your experience though, eh? I've got both, as I was planning to make one with horizontals for them when older, but now I'm rethinking that and may try one like you've made. Thanks