Anybody seen/use these cool chicken waterers?

[SewingDiva]

I think it looks pretty handy for warm weather freeranging. You could hang it just about anywhere and no need to worry about mosquitos breeding in it.

Phyllis

 

[chickenchalupa]

you might have to teach the chickens to drink out of it.

 

[Cottage Rose]

I've taught chicks to drink out of a rabbit bottle by tapping on the spout.
They get curious, peck it...and wa-la! Water!

 

[curliet]

Maybe a milk jug would work too.

 

[Charlene1234]

Now I've been thinking of this for a while... ;-) It wasn't my idea, I saw it somewhere when we were planning our coop on some fancy chicken coop. It had a 5 gal bucket on the outside of the coop hanging up and it had one of these nipples hanging down with a hole for the chicken to put it's head through and drink. I didn't like the idea of my chickens putting their head out of the coop to drink, I did like the idea of keeping the water OUTSIDE the coop. Now if they had a safe place to put their head to get a drink, that might not be so bad, I just wouldn't want a bunch of water dripping down inside the coop. We raised pigeons for a few years and had auto waters that never seemed to work right and leaked everywhere. We had the waterers out in a covered aviary that could drip down outside and boy did they drip... at least one was always malfunctioning. I'd like to do something like that with the 5 gal bucket and nipple. In the summer you could fill it up and it would last a couple days... longer if you made two! Currently, my waterers are a large pan under a downspout. Always fresh water here in Oregon until it freezes, then we get the heater out.

 

[coloradochick]

I won the free one they were giving away. I haven't used it yet. It's somewhat like a pitcher that you'd make koolaid in the then the little "spicket" on the bottom that is siliconed in there. Would be good for a brooder the size it is now. They're similiar to a waterer for rabbits.

 

[Sylvie]

I'd love to know if it freezes in the coop.

 

[miss_jayne]

i want to know if they drip like the rabbit waterers! it seems no matter how many rabbit waterers i have bought, they all drip like Niagra Falls.

the nipples look great and could be very easily fitted into anything. silicone is easy to apply and inexpensive.


i feel a project coming on...

 

[Maryallison77]

neat, I liked it

 

[aiwetir]

if you go to the next page, they sell the nipples too
http://www.waldeneffect.org/store/