What did you do with your flock today?

[Nomadicus]

Does anyone use horizontal nipple waters for adult chickens?

 

[BDutch]

Does anyone use horizontal nipple waters for adult chickens?

Sort of. I have one meant for rabbits. Looks like this.

 

[ForFlocksSake]

Does anyone use horizontal nipple waters for adult chickens?

yes that's all I use. I have verticals for the babies but I'll switch them to horizontal in a couple of weeks.

 

[Nomadicus]

yes that's all I use. I have verticals for the babies but I'll switch them to horizontal in a couple of weeks.

I have not seen the horizontals any where that I have looked. Can I ask where you found them and what pressure they work at?

 

[fuzzi]

It’s hard to keep clothes on a donkey anyways!

Still, you need to cover his assets...

 

[ForFlocksSake]

I have not seen the horizontals any where that I have looked. Can I ask where you found them and what pressure they work at?

I got this 10 Pack of Horizontal Nipples on amazon. I don't know anything about the pressure. Do you mean water pressure? I use them in a 5 gallon bucket. If you mean pressure to get them to work it's very easy for the chickens to manipulate them with their beaks.

 

[Nomadicus]

I got this 10 Pack of Horizontal Nipples on amazon. I don't know anything about the pressure. Do you mean water pressure? I use them in a 5 gallon bucket. If you mean pressure to get them to work it's very easy for the chickens to manipulate them with their beaks.

That's what I needed to know. Filling a bucked has got to be easier than the metal fountains that need scrubbing every so often and they always find a way to get them full of foreign matter every single day.

 

[fuzzi]

That's what I needed to know. Filling a bucked has got to be easier than the metal fountains that need scrubbing every so often and they always find a way to get them full of foreign matter every single day.

But I read that the nipples freeze in cold weather.

 

[ForFlocksSake]

That's what I needed to know. Filling a bucked has got to be easier than the metal fountains that need scrubbing every so often and they always find a way to get them full of foreign matter every single day.

I have a lid on the bucket and not a drop of debris or algae is ever in there. I rinse them out every time I refill but they stay pristine even in the summer. And it gets HOT here.

 

[ForFlocksSake]

But I read that the nipples freeze in cold weather.

Ive read that some people have issues in very cold climates. I don't have that problem here fortunately.