A horizontal nipple waterer can be made for under $10 with these nipples and any random plastic container you have available.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NBZH4XV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
I'm a grocery store deli clerk and get plastic buckets in various sizes at work both from my department and from the bakery. The frosting buckets from the bakery are best. But you can use an ice cream bucket, a plastic canister, a pitcher, or even a storage bin.
Two things -- tighten the nipples by hand rather than with the drill attachment to avoid possibly cracking a thin-walled container and be sure to drill a small vent hole just under the rim so as not to create a vacuum. That's not clear in the instructions that come with the nipples and it took me a few days to figure out when I made my first one (in part because I didn't realize that the lid sealed so tightly).
It takes a little training for chickens to learn to use the nipples, but once one flock member has gotten the idea the others will learn by imitation.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NBZH4XV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
I'm a grocery store deli clerk and get plastic buckets in various sizes at work both from my department and from the bakery. The frosting buckets from the bakery are best. But you can use an ice cream bucket, a plastic canister, a pitcher, or even a storage bin.
Two things -- tighten the nipples by hand rather than with the drill attachment to avoid possibly cracking a thin-walled container and be sure to drill a small vent hole just under the rim so as not to create a vacuum. That's not clear in the instructions that come with the nipples and it took me a few days to figure out when I made my first one (in part because I didn't realize that the lid sealed so tightly).
It takes a little training for chickens to learn to use the nipples, but once one flock member has gotten the idea the others will learn by imitation.