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  1. WyoHens

    Will chicks use poultry nipples?

    I have two small batches of chicks that just hatched, one chick is now 3 weeks old and two chicks are 2 weeks old. Chicks are doing great and they're mimicking moms and learning to scratch, eat, drink, etc. However momma hens keep scratching and filling the elevated waterer with dirt so I...
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    Watering my birds

    Here's a picture of my winter water, but the heater isn't currently inside since it's summer. Horizontal nipples about an inch off the bottom, bird bath heater goes inside in winter months, and cord out the hole in the lid (which is corked for summer use right now). It gets cold here and this...
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    Watering my birds

    I don't but I can take a picture. I'll try to post it in a couple days.
  4. WyoHens

    Watering my birds

    Yes, horizontal nipples install on the side. I like them too because bucket height isn't nearly as important as with vertical nipples. My waterers with horizontal nipples just sit on a thick hunk of wood to get it elevated a little. And I think our nipples are about an inch from the bucket...
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    Watering my birds

    I've had a few water configurations through the years and my favorite by far is a bucket (mine is square but any will work) with horizontal, spring loaded nipples installed, not the vertical drip nipples. The water stays very clean and little drips out or is wasted. I live where it's very cold...
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    Not using roost poles

    I've wondered the same thing. Why is it a big deal if they don't sleep on their roost, besides not being natural behavior? My hens are over a year and they still huddle on the floor when they sleep and I just let them.
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