Watering Cups?

[bigt447]

That works well....I just like having the bucket outside the pen.

 

[Lillyanna]

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I put this together last week and is working well. Holds 8+ gallons and I plan to use a birdbath heater over the winter.

 

[csaylorchickens]

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I put this together last week and is working well. Holds 8+ gallons and I plan to use a birdbath heater over the winter.

just ordered these. The looks like a good set up bird bath heater?

 

[Tim Carter]

Thinking about making an auto waterer for my chickens. What is better to use the nipples or the cups. I plan on hanging a 5 gallon bucket from the roof of my coop and placing a toilet valve with a float to keep bucket filled to desired level. Then either tap in the nipples beneath the bucket or install the cups around the bucket every 3 inches or so. Has anyone thought of this and tried it. What are your thoughts on this. I have this setup on my rabbit cages and it works flawlessly. Anytime they need antibiotics are vitamins just open the lid and pour and all get treated.

 

[BellevueOmlet]

I prefer cups because the chickens can see water and have a nice source to drink from but both work pretty well. They are pretty much interchangeable other than the height.

 

[Lillyanna]

We have both in our coop. The chickens tend to prefer the cups.

 

[Tim Carter]

How does it work with them scratching do they stay dirty?

 

[Lillyanna]

I have not noticed them dirty. However, under the drippers I put a "pit" with screen over it so the sand did not smell funny.

 

[User395221]

I like the cups because I can see the water sitting there and know that nothing has blocked up, or run out, or leaked away.

 

[farmerbrowne]

What size of drill bit and tap did you guys use to make threads kn the pvc??