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So how is this working out?
I use the bucket method for each coop. I prefer to be able to control each coops water. I hang the buckets with the nipples in the bottom.
If I would do it over, and I had the floor space, I would put the nipples on the sides instead of the bottom, but close to the botton and set the bucket on something like a cement block.
What happens with hanging the buckets is, the weight of the water makes the bucket shape at the top more oval instead of round, so the tops don't fit well. But, that is not such a bad thing because if they fit snugly, I would have to drill a hole in the top so the water flows. Some dust gets into the buckets bec ause the tops don't fit exactly right, but its so much better than the poopy water I used to have every day with conventional waterers.
The other advantage of a hanging bucket is that it frees up floor space and since I have some small coops, that is definitely an advantage. I have even hung the buckets above the roosts with success.
And, since I know the water is in the bucket, and don't have to rely on flow valves that might mal-function, I have no worries if I have to go away. I've left for a week, in the middle of a heat wave and didn't have a problem with water while I was gone. Of course, if you have a lot of birds in a single pen, you have to decide how many buckets you need, if one won't last long enough.
Sue
So how is this working out?
I use the bucket method for each coop. I prefer to be able to control each coops water. I hang the buckets with the nipples in the bottom.
If I would do it over, and I had the floor space, I would put the nipples on the sides instead of the bottom, but close to the botton and set the bucket on something like a cement block.
What happens with hanging the buckets is, the weight of the water makes the bucket shape at the top more oval instead of round, so the tops don't fit well. But, that is not such a bad thing because if they fit snugly, I would have to drill a hole in the top so the water flows. Some dust gets into the buckets bec ause the tops don't fit exactly right, but its so much better than the poopy water I used to have every day with conventional waterers.
The other advantage of a hanging bucket is that it frees up floor space and since I have some small coops, that is definitely an advantage. I have even hung the buckets above the roosts with success.
And, since I know the water is in the bucket, and don't have to rely on flow valves that might mal-function, I have no worries if I have to go away. I've left for a week, in the middle of a heat wave and didn't have a problem with water while I was gone. Of course, if you have a lot of birds in a single pen, you have to decide how many buckets you need, if one won't last long enough.
Sue
