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    Changed the water to nipples

    Thanks for the info blucoondawg this coop was thrown up over night knida and is pretty drafty that's one reason I have the heat on plus one of the heat lamps is a clear one for extra daylight as at 9000ft we aren't getting full amount of daylight for egg production. but I'm thinking of doing a...
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    Changed the water to nipples

    so I might need to get the heater for plastic like chick mom suggested. It was 4f this morning and the nipples froze but I now have 2 heat lamps going in there and when the temp got a little higher they started to flow. I agree this system does keep the water cleaner and I am hanging it from a...
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    Changed the water to nipples

    This was a quick fix as my old one broke today and this seemed to be the cheapest and quickest fix I could find in store . Thanks for the advice again
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    Changed the water to nipples

    Thank you for your advice. yes it is in the same place as old waterer was and I just raised it up a little so they can see the red nipples . I have my coop heated during winter months so freezing shouldn't be an issue hopefully. Thank you again
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    Changed the water to nipples

    We had a heated larger 3 gallon plastic water container (hanging). We have 12 chickens and just changed the water container to a new plastic nipple type. The old one was leaking. What my question is.... what is everyone's experience with the nipple type with the nipples attached to the...
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    Help needed

    Thanks for the help guy Well Mother Nature helped out a little one of the new girls trying to become to top hen got taken out by a hawk So with all the other girls a little shaken up I left them for a few days then reintroduce the mean one They have all settled down now I have now got a big...
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    Help needed

    Only have 1 watering station right now and they free range in a 200sqft run The coop is kinda small right now but working on that to in large it next weekend So as for feed station we just just throw out so they can scratch and feed Also yes this one has held our old girl down and made her...
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    Help needed

    Ok had a small flock of 4 hens and they got on well but over this past year we lost 3 of them The 1 left seemed to be getting loanly and we had a flock of 6 donated to us . Problem is our old hen is getting beat up by one hen and I have tried to separate for 4 days and she still pecking her...
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