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They currently have no problems accessing the chicken nipples on the bottom of the bucket I have hanging around 2 feet off the ground. The question is how might PVC fittings or couplings or bushings be put together to build something like the sketch?

Thanks for the interest...sketched something out and attached. Basically, you'd fill the PVC top part with water thru a scupper of sorts and it would come out some PVC fitting about halfway down in to a short length of pipe with chicken nipples on it. To you excellent question, that could...

Hoping someone (plumber?)with PVC fittings knowledge might help with this idea...I love the PVC feeders that fill the pipe with feed and end in a 90 or 45 degree angle for chickens to eat without spelling. I then realized that all the space above that bottom outlet is kind of wasted in my small...

3 days ago my 3 year old barred rock started sounding hoarse when clucking and on closer examination has developed a 6cm x 6cm mass that seems to be cystic and fluid filled. It is NOT her crop. I can shine a flashlight on the mass and it looks fluid filled (not solid, not pus-filled). ANy...

I also have a hanging feeder but a) they often tip it and b) a few of them really like to throw the food around with their beaks (maybe searching for a favorite seed or something).

My 7 chickens are going through a 50 lb back of feed every 3 weeks. It is an organic mash (loose, dusty stuff) that I swear 25% ends up on the floor of the coop. I've asked about getting pellets--awaiting a reply. In the meantime, what do you think of scooping up the mash on the ground and...

I love the 4 chicken nipples I have in base of a plastic bucket. I figure I can heat the water through the winter with an aquarium heater or bird bath deicer. My question and concern is will the nipples still function or will they freeze up as the water goes through them or freezes in the...

Just got a first egg yesterday--nice, small, green tinged little thing. Are first eggs safe to egg? Any difference from later eggs? And since we have 5 chickens out there, any tips on identifying chickens with their eggs? We have 2 aracuna, 2 wyandottes, speckled sussex. Thanks!

Awesome--thanks for all the help! And the welcome. Craig

Total newbie here...Have a new coop and liked the idea of using the waterer nipples from Tek, but worried that without a hose hooked up and no constant pressure from the hose (just me bringing water out), the nipples would leak? If I hook a 5gallon bucket and run pvc into the coop with 3-4...