Anyone use pop bottle drinkers?

[elem]

I have been trying to switch my chickens to the push-in nipple waterers but no luck so far. If I sit there tapping the red part one of them will come over and drink the water that comes out but otherwise they are not interested. I was looking at other types of waterers and I saw these ones http://www.meyerhatchery.com/get_item_4449_universal-pop-bottle-water.htm and I also found some that are cast aluminum on the Stromberg's site.

Who has tried them? Do they leak? How long do they last?

 

[MrsChickendad]

We have some we use on breeder cages. They work pretty good with the 16 oz water bottles, but forget the 2 liter bottles. They are too big to stay vertical and the water runs all over or else not at all.

I heard that the snap on types are better than the threaded ones.

Hope this helps!

 

[TheFarmMama]

We use the pop-bottle waterers for our Seramas which work very well. I use the mini glass gingerale bottles and just snap them onto the bottles. I got them from gundogsupply.com which had them far cheaper than anyone else. I noticed that slightly angling the bottles in the waterers keeps it flowing better too. Ours never leak either.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I get mine for Culter. 12 for $8.95, the only bottle that doesn't work is the new coke bottles with the shorter neck, but if you get them get extra springs, they have a habbit of snapping and you can't find them right away