Do the nipples have to go on the bottom of the bucket?

[porkchop48]

Do the nipple have to go on the bottom of the bucket or can they go on the side towards the bottom?



For about 20 chickens how many 5 gal buckets would I need?

 

[featherz]

I always put them on the bottom. I have one bucket per coop, three nipples on the bottom, for about 15 chickens each. I am not an expert, but seems to work ok.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Do the nipple have to go on the bottom of the bucket or can they go on the side towards the bottom?

They have to be vertical to work properly​

 

[porkchop48]

Thank you both...

Bottom it is.

 

[1stflock]

Where do you get the nipples from

 

[gale65]

Quote:
I got mine from Neil Grassbaugh on this site. He has great cs.

 

[prbnewyork]

we had our nipples on the sides of our buckets, and they seemed to work fine. we also had the different kinds of chickens, in different pens, so we took pepsi bottles, and put the nipple in the cap. it made the job of giving the chickens water, a whole lot easier. hope this helped.
thanks,
paige.