Official BYC Poll: Which waterer is better: Nipples or cups?

[electrycmonk]

Sent you a sales site before @electrycmonk .

Huh. I never saw it.... Where is it? Am I in my blonde clueless zone currently still?

 

[BYC Project Manager]

See my post from a moment ago..... It's wierd that my previous search's came up dry.(pun unforced)

Now to figure out:
A) has anyone here used it or using it now?
B) figure out the specs & actual cost w/shipping
C) decide if it's actually worth it now.... Visually I like the design.

... Thanks @casportpony & @aart for your continued follow thru.

Hi @electrycmonk. The image was sourced from the following thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/automatic-watering-cups.670725/post-9058159

It looks like that member also sourced the waterer from Amazon, but all the links are in the thread.

Thank you.

 

[aart]

Huh. I never saw it.... Where is it? Am I in my blonde clueless zone currently still?

The underlined words are a link, let me make it bigger for ya.

The waterer you refer to is a type of auto fill waterer

 

[Onyxflock]

Thanks, they have shade From the trees but on the next hot day when I notice them doing it again I will mist them with cold water

I've got 2 water sources, their favorite is an old crock pot that they stand on or lean against when its hot. Of course they make a giant mess in the bowl,so there's another water pan to drink from.
When I fill the crock pot I let it spill over to make a big puddle. They love this on hot days and I think it cools them down to have their feet in the mud, scratching around at whatever's floating. Once its dried up there's a deep layer of cool dirt there. This us where they go on the hot days.
I am looking for ideas to improve the clean drinking water container.

 

[skyshredder]

i personally perfer the classic waterers, but cups would be my second choice. nipples can end up dehiderating your birds.

I have vertical nipples bucket outside and traditional galvanized inside both hanging.

 

[skyshredder]

The underlined words are a link, let me make it bigger for ya.

It looks like a modified Christmas tree stand

 

[skyshredder]

Bigger is better ask my chickens

 

[skyshredder]

Depending on where the OP lives
What if it’s hot ? Are you just going to rely on those little metal nips ?
Think about it, they only release small droplets of water !

I've observed my chickens filling there beaks with water and than tilting there heads back(imagine glug glug glug) so I can see the dehydrated argument

 

[skyshredder]

I've observed my chickens filling there beaks with water and than tilting there heads back(imagine glug glug glug) so I can see the dehydrated argument

Central Texas 104° yesterday

 

[Onyxflock]

Central Texas 104° yesterday

High Desert CA 102 yesterday. Must be summer!