New to all of this - Gravity Water Drippers - dripping :(

[Enchanted1s]

Hi All - we are new to all of this. Feel free to see my other posts for the back story. I just recently finished building our first coop. Today, I attempted to add a gravity based - PVC, dripper - watering system. I think I did OK, but it seems that a couple of the red drippers will remain tripped and thus leaking water. Is it something I did wrong? I built them a ladder today too.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but those look like vertical nipples. But they don't look like they're installed vertically. They must be completely vertical as the tilt is causing the nipple to tilt to one side so water will constantly drip.

 

[blackdog043]

Yep, they are not hanging vertical, like they should be. Even hung vertically, people have issues with them dripping sometimes. Horizontal nipples are a better choice IMO.

 

[Enchanted1s]

Thank you both. I wish I had known about the Horizontal nipples B4 I bought these... Oh well - I thought tilting them away from the fencing would be a good thing. I guess that's what I get for thinking.

I just finished before sunset. The dippers were all too low for my Rooster anyway. It looked like this took care of the problem - we will see in the morning.