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Hi Neil, I ordered 20 of the push ins from you and got them in about 2 days. Very happy with them.
So, are you saying nipple waterers shouldn't be used with turkeys? Or just that they'd prefer a bowl?
Back in the early days of nipple drinkers, like we use today for chickens and you got, I spent two afternoons a week weighing hundreds of turkey poults from day one to six weeks of age. the test lasted several months. This was to determine if the water system had detreimental effects on turkey poults. It did. They did not gain nearly as well after five days of age and were getting behinder and behinder every week.I would not use nipple drinkers for turkeys in any way beyond a few days of age.
As I said before turkeys do not seem to like to drink with their necks streched out very much above level. And we have found that a turkey's eye to beak coordination decreases as they age.
I have 12 turkeys in a pen with 3 bantam chickens. I thought I'd have to put in two waterers so they both could reach. What I found is that by hanging it halfway between them, the turkeys bend over to drink and the banties s t r e t c h up and drink. Obviously I like this compromise, only one bucket to make, clean, and fill, but am I shortchanging one or the other or both?
I suspect the turkeys are the ones loosing out.
I like the idea of keeping the nipples inside and giving them a pan of water outside.
Everybody in the coop prefers to drink out of the pan.
Until I get tired of refilling/cleaning the pan, lol. The nipple system is just so much CLEANER. But I don't want to worry about my birds being dehydrated because drinking is unpleasant either.
I would make different arrangements for the turkeys.
Hi Neil, I ordered 20 of the push ins from you and got them in about 2 days. Very happy with them.
So, are you saying nipple waterers shouldn't be used with turkeys? Or just that they'd prefer a bowl?
Back in the early days of nipple drinkers, like we use today for chickens and you got, I spent two afternoons a week weighing hundreds of turkey poults from day one to six weeks of age. the test lasted several months. This was to determine if the water system had detreimental effects on turkey poults. It did. They did not gain nearly as well after five days of age and were getting behinder and behinder every week.I would not use nipple drinkers for turkeys in any way beyond a few days of age.
As I said before turkeys do not seem to like to drink with their necks streched out very much above level. And we have found that a turkey's eye to beak coordination decreases as they age.
I have 12 turkeys in a pen with 3 bantam chickens. I thought I'd have to put in two waterers so they both could reach. What I found is that by hanging it halfway between them, the turkeys bend over to drink and the banties s t r e t c h up and drink. Obviously I like this compromise, only one bucket to make, clean, and fill, but am I shortchanging one or the other or both?
I suspect the turkeys are the ones loosing out.
I like the idea of keeping the nipples inside and giving them a pan of water outside.
Everybody in the coop prefers to drink out of the pan.
Until I get tired of refilling/cleaning the pan, lol. The nipple system is just so much CLEANER. But I don't want to worry about my birds being dehydrated because drinking is unpleasant either.
I would make different arrangements for the turkeys.
