nipples

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    Nipples

    I’ve used these nipples for over a year now. I’ve got them screwed into PVC pipe and connected to a water butt via silicone tube. The set up works great, until winter. The first episode of frost resulted in the PVC pipe connections busting due to frozen water expansion. Since then, I’ve...
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    Hot weather, no freezing...watering cups or nipples?

    Aloha, We live on the Big Island of Hawaii where it is hot and never freezes. I've read a lot of threads about watering cups vs nipples and it seems most recommend the nipples. It seems that the recommendation is because cups eventually get dirty, but mainly because cups can freeze during the...
  3. Karen Glatz

    My peeps just learned to drink from a water bottle!!

    I've only had them a couple of days, but was having to clean the water dish 10 times per day. I drilled the cap of a pom juice bottle and screwed in a chicken nipple, then made a pin hole in the bottom of the bottle. I hung it on the side of the brooder box with a clip and a net onion bag...
  4. EYGFarm

    Best Brand(s) of Nipples for DIY Waterers, or Are They All The Same?

    From reading the posts on nipple waterers it seems the prevailing opinion is that the horizontal nipples are the best on all fronts except for the price (less dripping, easy to set down on a surface, less likely to freeze). I am wondering where folks are purchasing the nipples from and do you...
  5. Tubing Water System *Updated

    Tubing Water System *Updated

    I have scoured and scoured the interwebs for a watering system that suited my needs. Or rather the needs of my chickens! We were looking for something that was spill proof, poop free, would hold a minimum of a weeks's water, AND the BIG one--took up no space in their run. I know, I don't ask for...
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