Sorry about the title of this page... I couldn't help myself!  I did a search for chicken nipples online and came up with some pretty crazy things!!!!!  Beware if you try to search for these!

Anyway, here is my new waterer for the chickens...

I ordered some chicken water nipples from Kullas here on BYC to make some self contained waterers.  After I got them, I went to Fry's (grocery store) and picked up a 4 gallon bucket for free from the bakery (frosting bucket, yummy!).  Then I bought one 3/4" pvc pipe at home depot ($1) along with an elbow, a male and female connector and a cap ($1.71) of the same size as the pipe.  Here is what I made...

I used a 1" drill bit to cut a hole in the bucket as close to the bottom as I could, but leaving about 1/2" gap for the connector pieces.

I fed the male connector through the hole and connected it to the female connector (they were threaded, so I just screwed them together.  I sealed the inside with silicone so that it would not leak.  Then I connected a short piece of pipe to the female connector.  The elbow went on the end of that. 

Then I took my main piece of pvc pipe (cut to my desired length) and used a torch to heat up one of the nipples so that I could melt a hole in the pipe to the perfect size I needed.  I made 5 holes for 5 nipples.  Then I put the nipples together and threaded them through the pipe. 

I then connected the pipe to the elbow and put the cap on the end.  I was very careful not to tip the pipe so the weights in the nipples didn't fall out.

And there you go! 

Bucket......................Free

PVC..........................$1.00

Fittings...................$1.71

5 Nipples................$4.17

Grand Total......$6.88

In the summer you can just drop a frozen 2 liter bottle in the bucket to keep their water cool. 

Feel free to message me if you have any questions... 

Thanks for visiting my page!!!