Drinking Nipples for Chickens and Other Poultry

[Caramia]

I wonder if anyone could tell me what poultry drinking nipples are available to purchase in small quantities either on line or at some big box store outlet? I found a couple in the FarmTek catalog but little info is available about them.
I would be interested primarily in those that could be adaptable to low pressure (0-5 psig) piping/tubing systems or buckets but also those that could be used w/ a standard 20/40 psig water pump system.
I do not believe I would want to purchase the saddle clamp attachment type although if the above are not available I might be able to make them "do" if I knew what operating pressure(s) they require.
Please include any evaluation comments on any such products.

Thanks for your response.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

They are all pretty much the same, in principle. Some have different mounting means, most just screw or push into the appropriate sized hole in a plastic pipe. The nipples themselves work at low pressure, typically in inches of water column pressure, less than 1 psi. If you need to hook to house pressure then an adjustable pressure regulator is used at the beginning of the watering line to lower the pressure to what is required.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

I use this system in our layer barn. Four lines about 50' long each:

http://www.ziggity.com/php/products/system.php?system_id=3

Farmtek sells watering lines in 10' sections with different nipple spacings, unless you really want to try building something yourself.

 

[Organics North]

Hi,
Since I just have a small flock. I made my own. I ordered the screw in type of nipples from Farmtek, went and bought a section of 3" PVC pipe, a 90 degree bend, two end caps and some PVC glue. Cut the pipe to make an L shape, drilled two holes with a bit following Farmtek's recommendations and screwed in the nipples.

Very quick and easy.. I highly recommend nipple waters!

Try the Google custom search feature in the upper left hand corner of your screen. You will find many informative threads here on BYC

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[trilyn]

Hi there, welcome to byc! I absolutely love the nipple waterers, made a byc page if you wanna check it out. I haven't done anything fancy, just used the nipples in some plastic pitchers, but I have a small flock and it works well. For the winter weather and freezing temps, I've used a 5 gallon bucket, a bucket deicer with a thermocube and 3 nipples on the bottom. This has worked extremely well, and I am not dumping frozen buckets out. I've got horses also and that's enough frozen buckets for me right there! lol

 

[kennedyscochins]

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I just bought some of these from someone on here that had posted he had some for sale. I believe his id was Kullas. He said he had about 75 for sale. 1.00 each.

 

[CTChickenMom]

Check out this site. They have kits ready made using 5 gallon pails. All you do is put them together. I think I'm going to get one to hang in the run for the summer.