Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[bamadude]

When you guys use the nipple waterers do you have to somehow train your birds to use them?
I really need something like that but I have some old hens and polish that are dumb.

 

[ronott1]

When you guys use the nipple waterers do you have to somehow train your birds to use them?
I really need something like that but I have some old hens and polish that are dumb.

I start by getting the water to come out and then touch it to the chicks beak.

They pick it up fairly quickly.

 

[ronott1]

I'm not sure about that but I've read in one of these forums where someone's BO started laying at 16 wks old.

Some sex links and leghorns will start laying eggs at 16 weeks.

Orpingtons will not start that early usually. You would expect them to start after 25 weeks old.

 

[Alaskan]

I am just too scared to do nipple waterers... Totally positive that I would loose birds... Even if they were smart enough to learn how to drink from them.. I would probably be too stupid to keep them filled and working.

 

[ronott1]

I am just too scared to do nipple waterers... Totally positive that I would loose birds... Even if they were smart enough to learn how to drink from them.. I would probably be too stupid to keep them filled and working.

It really is not much different from using regular water fountains--you have to check them every day. It is less work though and much cleaner--wet litter causes cocci out breaks!

 

[Calima]

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@TeaChick Your Avatar Bird is beautiful, what kind is it? and I love your coop, it looks real easy to manage. BTW all of your chickens are beautiful, they look like show birds!

 

[saltandpepper2]

For ya'll that live in the woods and deep country, do any of you just have bugs living in your coop? I'm not talking about mites or lice... Just bugs. Every time I clean my coop ( which is every few days. My coop is GLORIOUSLY clean) I check around for little red critters that would indicate mites, but instead I'll find the odd Beatle, or these tiny, tiny skin colored or clear bugs that seem to decpose the droppings on the bottom layer. For a while I would freak out and treat the coops and birds with everything under the sun, and it never helped, and never got rid of them. So, now my birds and these critters coexist, and I haven't seen any symptoms that it's affecting the health of my birds. Should I be more worried about these clear insects?

 

[bamadude]

I start by getting the water to come out and then touch it to the chicks beak.

They pick it up fairly quickly.

Do u think old hens would learn?

 

[ronott1]

For ya'll that live in the woods and deep country, do any of you just have bugs living in your coop? I'm not talking about mites or lice... Just bugs. Every time I clean my coop ( which is every few days. My coop is GLORIOUSLY clean) I check around for little red critters that would indicate mites, but instead I'll find the odd Beatle, or these tiny, tiny skin colored or clear bugs that seem to decpose the droppings on the bottom layer. For a while I would freak out and treat the coops and birds with everything under the sun, and it never helped, and never got rid of them. So, now my birds and these critters coexist, and I haven't seen any symptoms that it's affecting the health of my birds. Should I be more worried about these clear insects?

I find black beetles sometimes.

I just say here chicky chicky! and the bug is gone.....

 

[ronott1]

Do u think old hens would learn?

Yes!

I have 6 year old Australorps using the vertical water nipples.