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    Anyone tried screwing waterer nipples directly to garden hose?

    I won't be connecting it to municipal water. Just a rain barrel slightly raised.
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    Anyone tried screwing waterer nipples directly to garden hose?

    My run is pretty predator-proof (at least I hope it is). The door from their coop to their run is short and under the height of their roosting bar but I guess on the cold windy nights I would like to close it.
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    Anyone tried screwing waterer nipples directly to garden hose?

    Thanks. I hadn't thought of that. I heard the nipple leak if they're not pointing straight down, so a hose might not work.
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    Anyone tried screwing waterer nipples directly to garden hose?

    Good point. That's an option. The coop is 1.5x1.3m for 5 or 6 hens. I was going to have a waterer in the run too. The reason I was thinking of a separate waterer in the coop is that the coop is closable. I haven't kept chickens before and was thinking there might be some situations where I'll...
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    Anyone tried screwing waterer nipples directly to garden hose?

    Hi all. First post here :) I'm thinking of buying waterer nipples and screwing them directly into pre-drilled holes in a standard garden hose. The hose will be connected to a water barrel slightly higher than the hose, not connected to the mains water. My question is if anyone has tried or if...
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