Official BYC Poll: Which type of waterers do you like best and why?

[Eelantha]

Hm, I don't on this phone. It's a hanging waterer. It could be ventilation I guess. He has 9 chickens in a small shed (no ducks), but they have a big run. I'm not sure if he shuts them in at night or not. He has a window in the shed, but I don't know if he keeps it open 24-7.
Haha! It feels like Canada sometimes! It's totally fine. I think the coldest we had that I remember (past couple years) was minus 30. I live in SD.

It might be ventilation. How high off the ground do you think the waterer is?

Here, the record 2-3 years ago was -45°C. With the humidity of Fleuve St-Laurent, getting out in that weather was dangerous.

 

[MGG]

It might be ventilation. How high off the ground do you think the waterer is?

Here, the record 2-3 years ago was -45°C. With the humidity of Fleuve St-Laurent, getting out in that weather was dangerous.

Oh, around a foot probably.
Brrr. Our coldest ever temp was -54 in February, 1936.

 

[Dinogrrl]

I use the drinker cups with my gals and haven't had a problem with them. They were the best fit for my coop, and I can keep the water tubes from freezing in the winter, too.

 

[aart]

and I can keep the water tubes from freezing in the winter, too.

How do you do that?
How often does it freeze(and for how long) where you are in NC?

 

[Eelantha]

Oh, around a foot probably.
Brrr. Our coldest ever temp was -54 in February, 1936.

Hmm... the last option is that your neighbor's hens are messy drinkers. They shake their heads almost every time after they drink, sending water droplets in all directions, including on the nipples. I have a few hens who do that, one of my EEs especially keeps covering the area around the water bowl with iced gunk. It's not pretty, and the walls get dirty in no time. Could the chicken's drinking method be the culprit behind your neighbor's clogged poultry nipples?

Yikes, your country must have been a desert outside when that arctic wave struck o.o

 

[PioneerChicks]

I use a gravity-fed waterer and a big (modified a bit to keep the chickens from pooping in it). I tried nipples a couple times, I don't know why they haven't stuck. Maybe I'll try them again soon.

 

[ackie]

I'm super lazy and we have a bunch of rubber feeder pans that I just keep next to various hoses and fill them up right there. Super easy to rinse out too. If I have chicks around, I put a big rock in it so they wont drown.

For penned chickens (or dosing medicine), I have the gallon gravity fed waterers, the super simple ones where you screw on the tray and just flip them. I also have a 2.5 gal and a 5 gal gravity waterer, the kind where the lid is separate from the vessel and you screw it on, but they both need new gaskets and (see the beginning of my post) I'm super lazy. Hahaha.

Sick chickens in the house or chicks in the brooder drink out of ramekins from the kitchen (with another upside down ramekin in it to drowning-proof it for the chicks).

 

[ackie]

I should mention we are on a well, so conserving water isnt high on my priority list.

Also the rubber feed pans have the added benefit of allowed the cats and dogs to drink too, whereas I dont think theyll touch the gravity fed ones.

 

[docteurshepherd]

Well recently we took the pipe that ran down the rain gutter on the coop down to the creek off, cut a barrel in half and set it under the gutter. Works great for the livestock, but chickens can't get to it, so been using whatever. We've used those gravity ones the most though.
I have just ordered these though to add to the barrel, I figure they'll work great

https://www.amazon.com/Watering-Har...cken+cup&qid=1606474079&s=lawn-garden&sr=1-20

 

[aart]

I have just ordered these though to add to the barrel, I figure they'll work great

https://www.amazon.com/Watering-Har...cken+cup&qid=1606474079&s=lawn-garden&sr=1-20

Until they freeze.