ForFlocksSake
Songster
Hi BYC, its your resident over thinker here!
SOOOOOOO
Ive had my flock on horizontal nipples in a 5 gallon bucket since they were old enough to use them. I liked them a lot. Water stayed immaculate, no fuss for keeping them clean and I felt like things were good. Then one day I accidentally bumped one on the ground while rinsing my bucket and started having leaking issues. The logical thing to do would be to just drill holes in a new bucket and make a new waterer, right? Well instead I decided to RESEARCH on the INTERNET.
are you and over thinker? Do you have an over thinker in your life? if so you know very well that the internet is a dangerous place for overthinking.
SO instead of just reinstalling my horizontal nipples that have served my flock well through the entire HOT HOT HOT summer I read a bunch and came to the conclusion my girls were not as well hydrated as they could be and I needed to change them to cups. I ordered the rentacoop cups that refill by lifting as they empty. The girls took to them immediately and I thought GREAT THIS IS AWESOME. However, they felt flimsy from the very start, and that concerned me. The next day I learn the real issue I hadn't thought of. They were filled with sand and debris from their beaks. This was very difficult to clean out, and while I wasn't concerned about them consuming sand, I realized that the weight of the debris in the cups will eventually cause them to fail to refill.
UGH.
So now im completely lost on what do give them. Do horizontal nipples really make it harder for them to stay hydrated? Are cups actually better? I just see it being a matter of time before the cups either break or fail to work. I don't worry as much during this time of year, but once the spring hits it gets hot and becomes incredibly dangerous for them to have water issues.
SOOOOOOO
Ive had my flock on horizontal nipples in a 5 gallon bucket since they were old enough to use them. I liked them a lot. Water stayed immaculate, no fuss for keeping them clean and I felt like things were good. Then one day I accidentally bumped one on the ground while rinsing my bucket and started having leaking issues. The logical thing to do would be to just drill holes in a new bucket and make a new waterer, right? Well instead I decided to RESEARCH on the INTERNET.
are you and over thinker? Do you have an over thinker in your life? if so you know very well that the internet is a dangerous place for overthinking.
SO instead of just reinstalling my horizontal nipples that have served my flock well through the entire HOT HOT HOT summer I read a bunch and came to the conclusion my girls were not as well hydrated as they could be and I needed to change them to cups. I ordered the rentacoop cups that refill by lifting as they empty. The girls took to them immediately and I thought GREAT THIS IS AWESOME. However, they felt flimsy from the very start, and that concerned me. The next day I learn the real issue I hadn't thought of. They were filled with sand and debris from their beaks. This was very difficult to clean out, and while I wasn't concerned about them consuming sand, I realized that the weight of the debris in the cups will eventually cause them to fail to refill.
UGH.
So now im completely lost on what do give them. Do horizontal nipples really make it harder for them to stay hydrated? Are cups actually better? I just see it being a matter of time before the cups either break or fail to work. I don't worry as much during this time of year, but once the spring hits it gets hot and becomes incredibly dangerous for them to have water issues.