Chicken waterer

[blackdog043]

My run nipple waterer has 6 and my coop water has 3, for 19 chickens. They all do fine, in NC heat.

 

[Folly's place]

So recently I had over ninety chicks and chickens, and now have over sixty. That's twenty nipples, on several waterers. I have five waterers out there for them, with lots of space per bird to drink as they choose. And the cold weather issues, when things need to be kept unfrozen. Maybe starting from scratch, with a smaller group, it would make sense, but not now, for me.
Mary

 

[ronott1]

So recently I had over ninety chicks and chickens, and now have over sixty. That's twenty nipples, on several waterers. I have five waterers out there for them, with lots of space per bird to drink as they choose. And the cold weather issues, when things need to be kept unfrozen. Maybe starting from scratch, with a smaller group, it would make sense, but not now, for me.
Mary

For a system like that, the nipples go into pvc pipe. Then use a bucket(can use a barrel too) with a trough heater? I think that is what they use. I have seen a circulating system too to keep the water moving.

It does not freeze hard enough to break pipes here except for every 15 to 20 years so I do not deal with that too much. Others will have better information.

It can be quite economical though compared to some of the other systems for watering a large flock in winter

 

[New2Chicks97]

I have two different kinds.
One of the wall mounted types with the cup where they peck the little float and the water is released into the cup.
The other is the galvanized traditional style chicken waterer up on cement blocks. I have noticed that my birds are divided over the type they use so I have left both.

 

[Folly's place]

The PVC pipe setups look pretty good, but I'm not the do-it-yourself type with plumbing, and haven't been motivated to build it.
Mary

 

[blackdog043]

So recently I had over ninety chicks and chickens, and now have over sixty. That's twenty nipples, on several waterers. I have five waterers out there for them, with lots of space per bird to drink as they choose. And the cold weather issues, when things need to be kept unfrozen. Maybe starting from scratch, with a smaller group, it would make sense, but not now, for me.
Mary

If you wanted to, you could get a 30 gallon barrel with a lid and put 20 nipples around it. For winter, you could put a stock tank deicer in it to keep it from freezing. I wouldn't do a PVC system in Michigan, unless you could figure a way to keep it from freezing.

 

[Kayla's Lunch]

If you use the 5 gallon bucket with nippler, do you just fill the bucket and leave it for days on end until the water is gone? Do you have to wash the bucket then? I have twelve 6/7 week old chicks.

 

[blackdog043]

If you use the 5 gallon bucket with nippler, do you just fill the bucket and leave it for days on end until the water is gone? Do you have to wash the bucket then? I have twelve 6/7 week old chicks.

I have 2 waterers that I refill once a week. Neither of them get empty, I just carry out gallon jugs to refill. I might rinse them out once a month, just because, not because they are dirty or nasty inside. One is in the coop and the other is in a covered run, so they are protected from the sun.

 

[Galeann]

All of this advice is helping. Thanx lotz!

 

[ronott1]

I have 2 waterers that I refill once a week. Neither of them get empty, I just carry out gallon jugs to refill. I might rinse them out once a month, just because, not because they are dirty or nasty inside. One is in the coop and the other is in a covered run, so they are protected from the sun.

Good answer!

I have a bucket with a hose running to it and a float. I clean it every couple of months. It does not get very dirty