Water nipples

[wamtazlady]

Thank you for the response! Yes, I do have electricity. I am converting an old milk house attached to a barn into a chicken coop. I do not have water in the barn though so I will be lugging water from our house to the coop but it is only about 30 feet away. I am very interested in the horizontal nipples as I don’t want the nipple sticking out the bottom and getting broke (my son will be helping with chicken chores). What brand horizontal nipples are decent? I was looking into purchasing the Rent-a-Coop ones and they also sell a little chick waterer but I guess I could make my own little chick waterer too.

I really don't know about different brands of horizontal nipples. I went to Amazon and ordered some several years ago. I have noticed that the local feed store carries them now but they don't look quite the same as the ones I have. They look cheaper.

 

[LCG Chicken Coop]

Thank you for the response! Yes, I do have electricity. I am converting an old milk house attached to a barn into a chicken coop. I do not have water in the barn though so I will be lugging water from our house to the coop but it is only about 30 feet away. I am very interested in the horizontal nipples as I don’t want the nipple sticking out the bottom and getting broke (my son will be helping with chicken chores). What brand horizontal nipples are decent? I was looking into purchasing the Rent-a-Coop ones and they also sell a little chick waterer but I guess I could make my own little chick waterer too.

I've used the Rent A Coop brand, and of 8 nipples installed, one of them started leaking after a few months, but that could have been an issue with particles being stuck in the gasket. Nonetheless, their customer service is excellent as they sent me several replacement nipples and gaskets for free, no questions asked.

 

[Chicklady707]

I've used the Rent A Coop brand, and of 8 nipples installed, one of them started leaking after a few months, but that could have been an issue with particles being stuck in the gasket. Nonetheless, their customer service is excellent as they sent me several replacement nipples and gaskets for free, no questions asked.

Any company with great American customer service is a business I want to support! Thank you for the review! I will be trying the Rent A Coop horizontal nipples.

 

[Chloes chicks]

Any suggestions on how to start my chicks on water nipples and at what age should I start them
[/QUOTEI I started my new birds on some yesterday 8 chicks and a duck pair they are seven weeks and had been just roaming the yard and had a reg drinker I had to coop them since I’m getting more and they are starting to get to far the earliest I’ve started them was 3 weeks and I just left it in the coop and they just started pecking at the metal and figured it out