I took these pictures of my day old chicks the day we brought them home - yesterday - and as you can see they have no problem using the nipple waterer! It took one all of about half a minute to figure out that when she pecked at that red thing with the shiny metal center water came out! The rest watched with interest and soon they knew just what to do, too. Water stays clean, bedding stays drier, no worries about them drowning, and when they graduate to outside they'll already be used to using what I have for the adults. Now, that said, this waterer has the vertical nipples. I use horizontal nipples outside. After they get a little stronger I have another container with horizontal ones I will switch out. I use this one exclusively for the little little chicks. This one will be cleaned and put away, ready for the next batch of chicks.
