Your birds are still little so you won't see any dripping or gulping. They scoop up drops by moving the pin to the side. It doesn't take very much pressure at all to move the pin that way. When they get older, they learn to hold the pin to the side longer for a bigger drink. The babies just take...
I can't sell anything on this forum but I can point you in the right direction. You can get the nipples for DIY projects on eBay. Just type in "horizontal nipples". There are four merchants my last count who sell them there, both finished products and the nipples only. Or, you could look up QCU...
After manufacturing buckets with the vertical nipples I've transitioned to the horizontal nipples. I use them for my own backyard flock and will never go back to the old buckets and bowls. I'm wondering, however, why there seems to be concern about the horizontal nipples. Bird breeders in my...
I can't have roosters where I live so I don't get any fertile eggs. I've had a hen go broody before and it was so tempting to buy some fertile eggs for her to hatch. I'm suffering from "broody envy" over here.
I sell the horizontal nipples. I don't have them in my store yet as it's just getting setup, but all the options and prices will be up soon. I can't put an advertisement on BYC until I have more post activity. I use the horizontal nipples in my own coop and they are much better during the winter...