i use the water nipples and have not had any problems, with the nipples hanging they are free from any kind of trash or anything. with the cups just be sure if you are going to use them your chickens can not sit or perch above them so they can stay clean. i have my bucket set up outside of my...
i looked for these and could not find any, i got mine off ebay, they have from single one to what ever number you might want. alot of them will ship for free. hope this helps.
with my coop i dug a ditch about 6" down and put hardware cloth 1/2 size that snakes can not get thru, have had good luck after trial and error with the regular so called chicken wire. with the lights you can go to niteguard.com which is a solar light that flashes a red light that scares these...
nice coop and just wanted to say looking at your wire around the pen, i had bad luck with the regular chicken wire. i had my 2 wk old chicks inside and one night lost one and the next lost 2. had a chicken snake come in thru the wire and got the chicks. i have now put up hardware cloth 1/2 inch...