Has anybody replaced this nipple waterer's nipples with drinker cups?

[CKfarm22]

I don't have many places to hang, or set them on. So, I wanna try something before I try something else.

Wouldn’t you have to hang that 12 gallon thing anyway? my boyfriend made a stand for ours out of 2x4s, a square big enough to hold the bucket on top with legs or even a cinderblock? Do you have a picture of your run set up to help you place it?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Wouldn’t you have to hang that 12 gallon thing anyway? my boyfriend made a stand for ours out of 2x4s, a square big enough to hold the bucket on top with legs or even a cinderblock? Do you have a picture of your run set up to help you place it?View attachment 3011526

It'll have too set on something. I have an old nesting box I'm gonna repurpose into a stand for it. My dad is currently using every cinderblock we have for the end of the wood pile.

 

[CKfarm22]

It'll have too set on something. I have an old nesting box I'm gonna repurpose into a stand for it. My dad is currently using every cinderblock we have for the end of the wood pile.

so then why not go for a cheaper route and use a 5 gallon bucket from home depot??

 

[MysteryChicken]

so then why not go for a cheaper route and use a 5 gallon bucket from home depot??

We don't have a home depot close enough.

 

[CKfarm22]

We don't have a home depot close enough.

Lowes? Tractor supply? Hardware store? Walmart?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Lowes? Tractor supply? Hardware store? Walmart?

We have a Walmart, TSC, & a Hardware store, but not everything is exactly cheap anymore where I live.

But I'll figure something out. I'll give TSCs bucket waterers another look, & compare price, but they use nipples.

 

[MysteryChicken]

TSC only have the bucket type that hangs with nipples at the very bottom.

They do also have the same waterer I want to get, but slightly cheaper.

 

[CKfarm22]

We have a Walmart, TSC, & a Hardware store, but not everything is exactly cheap anymore where I live.

But I'll figure something out. I'll give TSCs bucket waterers another look, & compare price, but they use nipples.

You don’t need to buy a watering system that’s what i’m saying. Buy the watering cups and a 5 gallon bucket. You just need to drill holes into the bucket to fit the watering cups in.

 

[MysteryChicken]

You don’t need to buy a watering system that’s what i’m saying. Buy the watering cups and a 5 gallon bucket. You just need to drill holes into the bucket to fit the watering cups in.

I've never used a drill.

I do have excess cat litter buckets, they're 5 gallons.

 

[CKfarm22]

I've never used a drill.

I do have excess cat litter buckets, they're 5 gallons.

even if you do take the original 12 gallon and sway it for the cups, you’re probably still going to need to drill something to make them fit