Here is one of the better places to get nipples, auto cups and most all the water supplies you will ever need, Coops-N-More. There are four pages here of both kinds of nipples, auto cups, PVC built systems Buckets and regulators. They also have the good old stand by Galvanized double wall founts and feeders. Don't buy the colored poly feeder base for a quart jar as they are probably the worst designed feeder base ever made, the angle is wrong and the birds waste more feed than they eat out of them, the galvanized feeder base for the same price works much better and last forever. I originally found these folks on Ebay and then found their website and started buying direct. There prices are as good or better than most others out there, never had a problem with shipping.
If you do a search of you-tube for chicken waters you will find many videos on how to build a water system all the way for installing nipples in a 5 gal bucket to complete piped in systems for many birds. I have a system that starts with a 55 gal barrel and then feeds a 5 gal bucket with a float to control pressure then into black poly pipe that feeds both cups and nipples. I have changed some of my original build and put all cups indoors to eliminate wet spots and use nipples outdoors where it doesn't matter if the ground gets a wet spot. The birds don't care they drink out of the cups or use the nipples equally unless if there is a puddle on the ground and then they will drink the dirty puddle water first, sometimes they just ain't got no sense.
Here is a pic of part of my system as I originally built it, it has been changed now but this will give you an idea of how i did it and kind of give you the idea that it can be done many different ways, just depends on your knowledge and ability to build. Use your imagination and common sense and it becomes easy, if its not right or doesn't work than reengineer it take it apart and start all over. Build something to the best of your ability!!!!
If you do a search of you-tube for chicken waters you will find many videos on how to build a water system all the way for installing nipples in a 5 gal bucket to complete piped in systems for many birds. I have a system that starts with a 55 gal barrel and then feeds a 5 gal bucket with a float to control pressure then into black poly pipe that feeds both cups and nipples. I have changed some of my original build and put all cups indoors to eliminate wet spots and use nipples outdoors where it doesn't matter if the ground gets a wet spot. The birds don't care they drink out of the cups or use the nipples equally unless if there is a puddle on the ground and then they will drink the dirty puddle water first, sometimes they just ain't got no sense.
Here is a pic of part of my system as I originally built it, it has been changed now but this will give you an idea of how i did it and kind of give you the idea that it can be done many different ways, just depends on your knowledge and ability to build. Use your imagination and common sense and it becomes easy, if its not right or doesn't work than reengineer it take it apart and start all over. Build something to the best of your ability!!!!
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