Good feeder & waterer for 6 week old chicks moving into coop?

[Susan-B]

Right now I have a couple of the small mason jar type chick feeders & waterers in my brooders. What would be a good "next size up" feeder & waterer that I can put in the coop that is larger than what I have now yet still works for younger/smaller chicks?

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

How old are they? As long as they cant crawl into the water then anything should be fine. just a regular poultry waterer, bucket style thing is what I use.

 

[Susan-B]

How old are they? As long as they cant crawl into the water then anything should be fine. just a regular poultry waterer, bucket style thing is what I use.

6 weeks....I thought I read the one feeder I was looking at said not to use under 12 weeks. And I have two younger chicks that are more like bantam size

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

6 weeks....I thought I read the one feeder I was looking at said not to use under 12 weeks. And I have two younger chicks that are more like bantam size

Okay, not big yet but not so tiny they will drown in a nipple waterer ( I guess thats not so funny but the tininess is). Any waterer should be fine. You just don't want one with a drinking lip thing that they can drown in during the first few weeks. I will take a picture of some of my waterers tomorrow morning when its light out.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We used this one for our older chicks. Also available at feed store.

 

[Susan-B]

We used this one for our older chicks. Also available at feed store.

View attachment 2613796

Did you hang this somehow? My girls make a mess in 0.3 seconds with my waterer like this haha. Even if I put it up on a piece of wood

 

[mamajos]

I started using a small bucket with horizontal nipples, sitting up on a layer of pavers on coop floor—when mine were that age. They caught on quick on how to use it.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Did you hang this somehow? My girls make a mess in 0.3 seconds with my waterer like this haha. Even if I put it up on a piece of wood

No, we just put it up on a brick.