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    Number of hens to coop/run size ratio?

    You can probably get away with one nest box also, that should open things up a little. I only have 6 hens, but all share the same box.
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    Water system.

    Horizontal nipples, 5 gallon bucket and a 100w ceramic heat emitter. Not a single frozen nipple all winter. Water was a constant 8-10c. Initial testing, I was able to raise the water temp 50c above ambient temp.
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    2 watering questions

    No growth in my pipes but mine has no light leaks. The more light that gets in, the faster the growth.
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    Galvanized waterer leaking?

    Horizontal nipples are definitely the way to go. They work great in heated winter waterers or normal buckets or containers like blackdog043 posted images of for summer months. Vertical nipples are ok for summer months but they can be messy as they waste more water than horizontal ones. I use a...
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    Auto coop door

    Is the bottom of the door at head height by any chance? If it is, make a flat platform outside the door, then they won't pop their heads in unless the door is open. My chicken door is at head height when they are out in the run, they just jump up but a lot of the time, they will stick their...
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    2 of 4 chickens laying, when to introduce oster shell and layer feed?

    If you plan on just feeding layer, do it now. Layer feed alone should have more than enough calcium in it. That's what it is designed for.
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    A better water set-up for my quail

    They do look like great little waterers, maybe I can find some bigger ones for the summer, less filling. They look to be external waterers, my old ones were internal. My current waterer is a heated 5 gallon external bucket but because I have to pump the water to the quails, even when the...
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    Chicken Nipples

    No idea. I just assumed because the white ones had food grade written on them and the orange ones didn't. White bucket https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.19l5-gallon---white-food-approved-bucket.1000784675.html
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    Chicken Nipples

    I believe the white ones are, orange ones aren't.
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    Frozen Side Mounted Horizontal Nipples - How to keep them from Freezing?

    I used to use one for water. Also used it for an incubator, brooder, seed starting, even in my greenhouse. Has multiple uses, not just for winter waterers.
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    Frozen Side Mounted Horizontal Nipples - How to keep them from Freezing?

    An easy solution, you could add one of these from amazon. Set the temp to something lower to save on energy, put the sensor in the water.
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    Chicken Nipples

    I probably did get unlucky. It was new out of the package as well. But they are also designed to come on when the temp of the pipes in a house gets cold enough, mine would have been on 24/7 since the ambient temp was always below freezing. Mine lasted until about mid Feb, the coldest part of...
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    Chicken Nipples

    That exactly how I did last years waterer but with vertical nipples. My nipples still froze when it got too cold, yours should be good though. One thing that did happen, the heat tape failed, keep en eye out for it failing. I don't think they are designed to be constantly used.
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    First winter and I have 2 chickens with frostbite

    Looks like mild frostbite. Nothing to worry about yet.
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    A better water set-up for my quail

    They would work great in the summer months. What are they called? If you get cold temps where you live, you might need to use something else. Ice expanding might crack them.
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