Waterer Transfer

[Anne4596]

I have 6 chickens who are currently getting their water from a big steel waterer. The steel waterer is such a pain to clean and it becomes dirty so fast that I ordered them a bucket with horizontal nipples. Anyone have any tips on how to transition them to drinking from the horizontal nipples?

 

[Little Fuzzy]

I'm having that problem. I went from open waterer to bucket with nipples. I see them all drinking from the bucket, but as soon as I let them out in the morning they all run down to the dog bowl. I'm thinking about putting something tasty in the bucket, maybe a little sweet that will draw them to the bucket more. I'm not sure what to use, maybe tang?

 

[azygous]

Chickens hate change. So you need to force them. Do this by removing all other water sources. Don't worry, they won't die of thirst.

The nipples are red for a reason. Chickens are deeply, incurably curious about anything red. They will soon start pecking at the nipples, and they'll discover within 30 minutes there's water behind them.