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  1. LauraG

    I've decided to give up my nipple waterers / observations

    Quote: LOL, I must be just like him, I do the same with the dog when he looks at me with those big brown eyes....(he must be starving right to death...) Blessings, Laura
  2. LauraG

    I've decided to give up my nipple waterers / observations

    Quote: Oh no problem, I know we all want was is best for us and we all love our chickens!! Thank you for clarifying that, it was kind of you.
  3. LauraG

    I've decided to give up my nipple waterers / observations

    Quote: I too have noticed that my chickens will drink out of mud puddles and standing water when I let them out of the coop, and I've worried that they don't get enough through the nipples. I think that's normal. But I've also noticed that they were fine when I left them confined to their...
  4. LauraG

    I've decided to give up my nipple waterers / observations

    Quote: Neil, I know you sell these nipples and I agree with you. If I were running a commercial poultry farm, I would use nipple waterers to maintain cleanliness. But I dont. I have a backyard flock. I dont have to run it as a commercial business. I have the ability to keep 7 chickens...
  5. LauraG

    I've decided to give up my nipple waterers / observations

    jmagill, I am not saying that the nipple waterers did not have their advantage, because cleanliness is VERYY important to me. I will ALWAYS use them for chicks. However, I do feel they were not drinking as much with the nipple waterers than with the traditional waterer. Yes, I had good egg...
  6. LauraG

    I've decided to give up my nipple waterers / observations

    With the winter here, I have decided it will be easier to get a galvanized waterer with a heated base instead of using the nipple waterers. I could keep my water from freezing with my nipple waterer, but the nipples were not always un-frozen. A drop would freeze here & there & they would lock...
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