Chicken Nipples

[jthornton]

Right now I have vertical nipples on my watering bucket. Did some searching for horizontal ones and came up with these horizontal side mount nipples at My Pet Chicken. They seem like a reasonable price, has anyone used these? I'm thinking about adding a few on my bucket. Henry is getting pretty tall...



JT

 

[jreardon1918]

They look like mine. I got them through Amazon as the shipping worked out better. No leaks and so far, no freeze ups. But it hasn't really gotten very cold yet.

 

[chickens really]

Your thread header made me laugh....
Sorry, it is too funny....

 

[aart]

Best of all, IMO.

Instead of retyping my thoughts, I have linked my previous posts in this thread here:

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/8...ing-loaded-watering-nipples/210#post_14202676

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/8...ing-loaded-watering-nipples/330#post_14593735

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/aarts-heated-waterer-with-horizontal-nipples

http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/diy-chicken-waterer-3-compared

 

[Bridger Davis]

Your thread header made me laugh....
Sorry, it is too funny....

X2

 

[jthornton]

Best of all, IMO.

Instead of retyping my thoughts, I have linked my previous posts in this thread here:

Thanks for the links, your going to laugh but being a machinist among other trades I had to find a tap to fit the vertical nipples and tap threads in the bottom of the bucket.

JT

 

[chickens really]

X2

Made me think of the Muppet Show and Gonzos girlfriends are Chickens...Too darn funny.......Also I have called my Sister that...

 

[hillbillyreefer]

I’ve got a bunch of those and also sold several to friends. They have been the answer to northern chicken farmers prayers. The barrel and heater setup with those nipples hasn’t given any problems with freezing even at -40C, none of them have leaked yet with the chickens or turkeys. Getting chicks onto them is pretty easy at just a couple days old.

The only time I’ve had a failure is in a pen of 1500 ringneck roosters. They managed to pull the metal valve out of 2 of them. But they were slightly different than the ones you have pictured.

This is my 3rd winter using the horizontals.

I threw several hundred of the vertical ones in the trash when I was cleaning out the shop a couple weeks ago. The things are worse than useless, IMHO.

 

[jthornton]

Looks like Amazon has two styles, a square one and a cross shaped one.

JT

 

[Ms Biddy]

I just made a horizontal waterer with pvc pipe, not a bucket although a bucket feeds the system. The nipples don't leak (I did wrap the threads with pvc tape before screwing them in) but they're hard for my chicks to push in. You have to push them in firmly and straight, not from the side. They're about 4 weeks old and they try so hard. They peck all over but not hard enough and not in the right spot. I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue for a bigger chicken but I feel like I should have used vertical nipples for my chicks. Good luck!

Eta: I have the square ones, not the cross shape.