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My back yard has slope, it gets muddy but no water pooling. In fact I am trying to figure out how to build my run due to the slope......Just use pavers...digging a hole might invite rain water to pool there.
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My back yard has slope, it gets muddy but no water pooling. In fact I am trying to figure out how to build my run due to the slope......Just use pavers...digging a hole might invite rain water to pool there.
Probably should start a new coop build thread:View attachment 1395984 View attachment 1395983
The rain stopped for a while, I was leveling the chicken coop.
Well, they do have a tiny shallow 'cup', I call it the 'lip'.I wish some companies would combine horizontal nipple with cup, but the cup little smaller and shallower.
HN's can drip when they are drinking, some birds are 'messier' than others.I moved the girls into their new home over the weekend and they're loving all the space!
I hung the 1/2 gal. jug (with the vert. nipple on the bottom) inside the coop and they're all drinking well from it. Trouble is it's creating a huge mess underneath - I'm using a thick layer of pine flake, but they're absolutely soaked! I may try the cups again someday, but my plan is to only use the nipples with the outdoor run and use a traditional waterer inside the coop as that doesn't create so much of a mess.
Those that are using horizontal nipples, do they make a mess under where they're drinking? (I've seen some folks put gutters underneath, but that makes me think they'll just poop in them.)