nipple drinkers

  1. M

    Suggest how to use igloo cooler for chickens to have cool water

    Hi everyone, my old waterer broke, the plastic bucket had cracked being outdoors and 2 years of use. We had ideas on insulating the bucket for summertime when it gets too hot. I recently bought an igloo cooler and i’m thinking of using that to water the chickens. i do not have a stable...
  2. Whiskybear

    Drinking nipples for quail.

    I wish to utilize horizontal drinking nipples for my jumbo coturnix. This being a half-cooked notion, I looked around the interwebs and found a cheap bag of no-name, plastic threaded ones. These seem way, way too tight for my quail to use. I could see chickens using them, but… nah, not quail...
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    • coturnix nipple drinkers
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    • Forum: Quail
  3. DuckNana207

    Training silkies for a nipple feeder

    I have silkie bantam we wanted to switch to a nipple water system. We had it in their pen for a few days, and they didn't seem to get how to use it. We put it in place of their other water, but at the end of the day I would set thier old waterer in and they acted very thirsty. I showed them...
  4. CreveChris

    Nipple Fail

    I've been waiting a few days for my Columbus Aqua nipples for my almost-3 week old chicks--just checked and they'll arrive tomorrow. Meanwhile my water bottle with a China-made nipple fell apart sometime during the night and flooded the drip saucer placed under the stand (Chicken Chick tomato...
  5. D

    Switching watering system

    Need advice. I have 4 chickens 15 weeks old, that have been using a gravity type small chick waterer since they were a day old. I have tried unsuccessfully to switch them to a cup waterer which got dirty and they never quite go the hang of. Now I’ve got a nipple waterer in the coop that the...
  6. thecreekhouse

    Keeping nipple watering systems from freezing?

    I am about to switch (today) from a traditional galvanized metal watering container for my flock of 7 backyard chickens to a hanging (vertical) nipple watering system. I believe that this new system will be superior in every way. Unfortunately I do not have electric power running out to my coop...
  7. thecreekhouse

    How do I teach my pullets to drink from nipples?

    Over the last week I’ve picked up 7 pullets (2 Easter Eggers, One Red Blue Lace Wyandotte, One Light Wyandotte, One Lavender Olive Egger, one buff Ameracauna, and one mutt.) for my starter flock of backyard chickens. The custom coop and run I ordered for them was supposed to be delivered...
  8. Ms Biddy's Horizontal Nipple Waterer

    Ms Biddy's Horizontal Nipple Waterer

    The first nipple waterer I made was for my cattle panel hoop coop, which needed a portable watering system. I liked it so much I made another for my upcycled swingset coop which has challenging slanted walls and limited interior space. This waterer is a space saver and can be customized to any...
    • Ms Biddy
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    • diy gravity fed waterer horizontal nipples nipple drinkers nipple waterer portable waterer pvc waterer
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Feeders & Waterers
  9. Chickenbotham

    Anyone tried screwing waterer nipples directly to garden hose?

    Hi all. First post here :) I'm thinking of buying waterer nipples and screwing them directly into pre-drilled holes in a standard garden hose. The hose will be connected to a water barrel slightly higher than the hose, not connected to the mains water. My question is if anyone has tried or if...
  10. TheYLWFlock

    Nipple Waterers...?

    Hellooo! Hope you are all having a wonderful day! I have some nipple waterer questions concerning my little chicks! So first of all, is anybody else COMPLETELY ANNOYED with the mess the chicks make not only around the fount, but also IN it? I sure am! Twice a day cleaning of the waterer doesn’t...
  11. ben0125

    [EMERGANCY]Cant get chickens to use nipple drinker!

    I have had my 2 big chickens in my run for at least 5 hours now and they havent used the nipple drinker. Heres a photo of the drinker: I have taken away any other water sources and I have been going down to the chicken coop every 10 minutes or so to keep pecking the nipples with my finger. I...
  12. Poultry nipples

    Poultry nipples

    So recently I made poultry nipples with my Dad! Here's how to make them! What you will need: 5 gallon bucket. A drill and a 11/32 drill bit to drill holes.. Poultry nipples, for the chickens to drink from. A wrench to tighten the poultry nipples. Sealant, (to be sure water doesn't...
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