I apologize if I came across defensive, and I certainly respect your right to do what you see fit with your chickens. Everyone's situation is different as well. I guess I was confused when you said you felt "they were not drinking as much with the nipple waterers than with the traditional...
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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...