Favorite *Clean* Chicken Waterer?

[Rich386]

I only have 48 hens so I am by no means an expert like your self. I don't know if yours are better or not. I can say that I prefer the horizontal type. They mount flush to the wall so the birds can't roost. That might be an advantage? How do you keep the hens from roosting and messing on the top of the jug and clear plastic part?
Respectfully Rich

 

[debid]

My birds don't roost on their bucket because it would move when they landed on it and their roost is higher. The bucket has a lid so it wouldn't be a huge deal if they tried it. Of course, if I wanted to run PVC instead, I could wall-mount it with vertical nipples. Lots of folks do exactly that. I'm not saying that your product doesn't work, I just don't see any advantage to warrant spending twice as much for it.

 

[debid]

[ I have a 5-gallon bucket (mine was only $2) and three nipples ($1 each) so my setup was $5. I then added a $25 deicer to keep everything operational through the winter. In the brooder, I have a reused juice container (free) with a single $1 nipple.

In short, I'm looking at your offerings from a consumer standpoint and questioning why your nipples have any added benefit over the standard type I'm already using and you are attacking in response and making up nonsense about me selling something else?!

 

[mignonette]

Sooooo.....To add my two cents.

We have vertical nipples inserted into the bottom of a pail that has a lid. The pail is hung outside in their run. We have only a few birds so this set-up works for us.

The vertical nipples were inexpensive, available at our feed store, and have very few moving parts, so less to go wrong IMHO. That said, I'm sure the horizontal type work very well too. I'm not saying one is better, just what motivated our choice.

They haven't leaked in over a year of use. I expect the pail will give out before the nipples do. At that point I might put the same nipples in a PVC pipe set up.
Their water is clean and their run far drier than when we used the 'usual' type of waterer. I highly recommend them.

 

[mignonette]

oooops! Forgot to mention that our birds were adults when we introduced it and it took them all of 5 minutes to figure it out. I took each bird and tapped its beak against the nipple to get it wet and they understood. Birds will also copy each other so, once a couple of birds get it, the rest will follow.

 

[4CHICKSforMays]

 

[4CHICKSforMays]

I designed the Britetap waterer so I'm biased. That said, you can check out the reviews by real customers who are not biased at www.ChickenWaterer.com.

<<< I really like this! I change my chicken's water 3 times a day because of the potential health risks. Gosh it would be great to not have to worry.

 

[tp70731]

I lost a few of my chicks to Cocci because of dirty water. I have bought this
http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Waterer-Dual-Nipple-System-Birds/dp/B00EMDEOLC/ref=sr_1_64?ie=UTF8&qid=1381175000&sr=8-64&keywords=chicken+waterer

for my next group of chicks so I'll never lose any again :/

 

[socks]

I too wonder about freezing. It doesn't freeze much here and mainly at night but I am wondering if for example the nipple or nipple with cup waterers will crack if they freeze?


Gee! I don't know why this post turned up on this thread. I was at another thread and was responding to it. I can't figure out how to delete my post entirely-just add this note.