Horizontal Nipple Waterers... in your opinion, yes or no?

[Devorah]

Thank you!

 

[aart]

I made such nipples in a plastic cap of an empty water bottle. If the bottle gets dirty (algae) I can easily change the bottle. I do need to burn a little hole in the bottom of bottle to avoid a vacuüm.

That nipple pictured, is that what you are using and does that have a spring in it?

 

[RoosterML]

So this would mean a transition from VN to HN once the birds are bigger?

Yes you are correct

 

[3KillerBs]

Yes you are correct

I haven't done this, but I would think that "peck at shiny thing, get water" would transition pretty easily.

 

[RoosterML]

Gotcha. So what I’m hearing is plain chick waterer for the first few weeks and transition to standing HN. I believe @3KillerBs advised not to hang HNs in coop bc they end up swaying.

Umm what do you mean by swaying ?

 

[RoosterML]

I haven't done this, but I would think that "peck at shiny thing, get water" would transition pretty easily.

Yeah I don’t really use VN anymore. Small open waterer at first with HN in all the time. Removing Open waterer once I feel they are big enough.

 

[Devorah]

Yes you are correct

Is this what you have done?

 

[Devorah]

Yeah I don’t really use VN anymore. Small open waterer at first with HN in all the time. Removing Open waterer once I feel they are big enough.

So wait — you started off with an open waterer, then went to HN? When did you use VN? Sorry if I am confused!

 

[Devorah]

Umm what do you mean by swaying ?

I meant the hanging waterer might be moving about.

 

[3KillerBs]

Umm what do you mean by swaying ?

I meant the hanging waterer might be moving about.

Exactly.

If you hang the HN nipple waterer it's not stable and it's hard for the chickens to depress the nipples in order to obtain the water.