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They are such brats!!!

It may be that. They are definitely weird!!!

So far I have just used hose water and wiped them down. The barrel is new and the other one I used for my chicks when brooding them once the smaller one wasn't big enough to last more than a day. then it was rinsed and put away till the end of summer when I felt they needed more. So both not...

I haven't tried that. Every so often when I am out there I will hear or see one over there using it. One of them leaks slightly so most times they just drink where it is dripping or if I tap the nipple part they drink the water I get out.... Lol. But they go nuts over the other one, but with...

I press the nipples to try to get them to use it and I haven't gotten shocked from it at all so assuming they aren't. I think mine are just brats. Lol

Think they are really close to the same height. They are both on half a cinder block. The containers are different colors. And water is different temps since one has a heater to keep it above freezing... They are so odd. Lol

I have a camera but since the heater needs to be plugged in it is right next to my coop and the camera is on my coop facing the run so can't really see it in the camera. I can see if a couple over there but not if they are drinking it. Yes it is plastic so no scary sounds. Maybe it is hard...

Here are what I use for water. The trash can is what they don't use, the little one they use.

I am using those rentacoop ones. My bin is a 30 gal trash barrel. The water is low right now so don't think any more pressure but maybe this is the problem. I haven't seen them try and any time I press it they drink what came out but never try to get more out. The cover is just partially...

Darn bratty chickens

isn't it bizarre?????? They will drink the drips if I try to "show" (get them to use) the nipples and have no problems doing that but just drink the drips that come off and don't try to get it themselves...... It has completely baffled me! I thought I had it figured out with the...

no tight lid. It is a trash barrel and the lid is loose but also has a hole in the top for the plug for the heater in it so no problem with water flow. I have checked all the nipples and they are working just as easy as the other one.

mine have never had an issue with it. and use the 2 gal one just fine...... (I tap the metal piece and get them to try it that way normally). They are just being dumb with the big one! I start mine on the vertical nipples when I get them then swap them over and have never had a problem. I...

ok. So my flock has been raised on nipple waterers. It is the first thing I use when I get them or hatch them. So they ALL know how to use them. I do use cups as well as the nipples in the summer so they will drink more when it is hot out. This winter I changed to a 30 gallon barrel...