Best waterer?

Which kind of nipple do you use?

  • horizontal

  • vertical

  • various kinds


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@WVForestGirl, do you have a picture of the Horizontal set up you have? and what brand heater do you use. with the Vertical one I use, all the chicks picked it up right away the first day they arrived. I am looking to prepare for winter. is there not an adequate way to heat them to prevent freezing in the winter. our northwest winters are impossible to predict, some times there are long freezing spells, sometimes hardly any at all but I have to prepare for whatever comes.
 
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Granted our winters are pretty mild, but we had a couple nights close to -20degC and the water did not freeze.
I use these heaters:
https://smile.amazon.com/Allied-Pre...1&keywords=stock+tank+heater+allied+precision
 
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This is the horizontal nipple waterer I use. Got the nipples from ebay. Had an old 5 gallon container from somewhere that held something, but I don't recall what. Thoroughly cleaned it out, installed the nipples, and put some PVC pieces together. I'm in SC so don't really need to worry about the water freezing so haven't tried to put a heater in it. Don't have to go in the run to fill it. Transitioned my chicks to the horizontal nipples when they were about 3 to 4 weeks old.

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