Heavy Duty Waterer Nipple Chicken Pack of 10 By CC Only

I made a chicken watering system out of a 15 gallon plastic drum and PVC pipe using these nipples. It worked out great and the chickens figured out how to use it on their own with me just tapping the watering nipples a couple of times so they can see the water come from them. Some of the comments have said that they leak water and I have noticed an occasional drip coming from them but it is so small if this is placed outdoors I would not be concerned about it. If anybody is interested in how I made this here is a basic description. I got a 15 gallon blue water barrel from the local sporting goods store and it has a three-quarter inch threaded plug on the top on one side and a 2 inch threaded plug on the other side. I've built a cradle out of wood for the barrel so that I could lay it on its side with a three-quarter inch threaded outlet on the lower side of the barrel. I took a three-quarter inch threaded 90 and went to another 90 going sideways to make a swing as a threaded outlet on the barrel did not go perfectly straight out. I then went from three quarter to 1 inch using a fitting and put about a 4 foot piece of 1 inch pipe with a threaded cap on the end for draining purposes. The wooden cradle holds the barrel a bit over a foot off the ground and I had to build a stand for the 1 inch PVC pipe at the end so that I would not sag. I drilled and tapped the 1 inch PVC pipe and using teflon tape on the threads of the nipples as the o-rings that come with the nipples work best on a flat surface. Be careful when you tap the pipe that you do not run the tap very far as it will make the threads too deep. Once you have installed the nipples your project is done. Open up the 2 inch plug and fill the barrel with water and it will give your chickens how long supply of water, my chickens have other water sources also so I did not have to add water to the barrel but every two months.

I FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET THEM TO WORK. there has to be a hole at the top of the bottle or bucket you are using. otherwise the water will not come out the other side where the nipple is. Putting a whole on the top releases pressure.Also, HOW TO GET CHICKENS TO USE THEM. Chickens didn't use them right away. If they have their old water system, they will use that instead. I did not want to remove existing water system and risk the less intelligent chickens getting dehydrated. So I kept the old fashion waterer and I put next to it a small plastic bottle (with a hole on top) with the nipple near their coop, but I filled it with some WELCHS GrAPE Juice. When they smelled the juice, they went for it. I kept doing that for a few days just to make sure they were all getting it. Once they see one chicken doing it, they will soon follow. Mind you that any clear sugary fruit juice will do, but I changed it every day to make sure it wasn't spoiled or moldy. Once I was sure they figured it out. I replace the juice with water, and eventually removed the original waterer system and now only have the nipple.

I have one 5 gal bucket setup with 4 of these for our chickens and they took to it rather quickly. Watering the chickens this way can help keep things cleaner in the water since I can leave the lid loosely attached to the bucket. I have had to clean the internals of the nipple valves once in about 4-5 months as the lid did get kicked off once and some debris got into the bucket. Thankfully it is very easy to do this. Just unscrew them from the bucket and the twist the top and bottom half apart. Make sure you catch all the parts (2 stems and the metal ball). Rinse and reassemble. It took about 2 minutes. Other than that though they work great. I will be doing an additional bucket soon so we don't have any waterers on the ground any more.

While chickens will choose a muddy slimehole of water over any clean, sanitary source, this nipple ensures they always have that option. I've used these nipples directly onto a 1-gallon water jug (inverted) or a 5-gallon bucket leading to a PVC rack. Babies are easiest to train: if they're thirsty, keep tapping the nipple in sunshine. The combination of shinies (water and metal) will lead them to repeat and discover. The birds will (98% of the time) choose another watering option first, yet do not let this hurt your feelings. So long as they know they supply exists, they will use it. I have one bird who taps the nipple until a sizable puddle is accumulated on the ground, then she drinks from that mudhole. At the end of the day, I am confident I can leave my birds and their nipple'd water sources for a long weekend to a week without needing a top-up.

I have lived a sheltered life.I had NO IDEA that chickens had nipples...I haven't used these in my 'master plan' yet, but I have drilled a hole in the lid of a 32oz Gatorade bottle, and hung it upside down for my little chicks to drink from - so they don't mess up their temporary home (as much...).One thing to note:You MUST allow air pressure to feed these nips.I forgot to drill a small air hole in the BOTTOM of the bottle, and thus, created a vacuum after the chicks drank about 2oz of the 32 available.Once I drilled the hole, it flowed freely.This probably only will apply to those using a bottle to water.(If you use a pvc system with a hose, or 5-gallon bucket or 55 gallon drum, more than likely, the top will be off of it or at least it won't be air tight - and the hose has pressure behind it.)Enjoy your nipples!;-)~

They work great however if you use them inside your coop you need to have something underneath them to catch the water when the girls and boys drink. After a week or so my litter was soaking wet. I had to change over to the ones with a little cup and they work great. I'm saving these for when I do my outside run. The chickens had no problem learning how to use them.