Hi, is it hard for the chickens to learn to drink. They were raised using just a regular waterer. Thanks

We include detailed instructions each order, so training is easy. Many chickens pick it up in minutes, while others make take about an hour.

Hi!

I just received my DIY kit and installed one nipple in the bottom of an overturned traditional waterer. Flipped it upside down to allow it hang from the top of the brooder box (what was the water trough for the feeder is now a flange).

It took all of five minutes for one of my 3-week old barred rocks to check it out, and within seconds all of them were on it! It's fabulous, the chickens seem to love it, and it was so easy. In fact, if it had been any easier it wouldn't have been DIY!

Absolutely thrilled. I will be recommending these to my fellow chicken friends.

THANK YOU! Nathan

Thanks for your kind words, Nathan! I love the ingenuity of using an old traditional waterer as the reservoir.

I very much like the idea, but how do I keep the water liquid during Minnesota's winter? I currently use a traditional waterer that sits on a water bowl heater.

I am unable to get to your store to buy the chicken nipples. Seems I am in some kinda endless loop.

Thanks

Cj Virgie

Sorry I didn't make it clearer. This is the first page of our store. You need to choose between our homemade chicken waterer kits or our ready to go chicken waterers, then click on the appropriate link above. That will bring you to a page that shows all of the options for either buying do it yourself kits or pre-made waterers. Then you can just click on the buy it now buttons to make your order.

This is genius..Much cheaper than other options I've seen. I only have 4 birds, I can't imagine how much more annoyed I'd be with the dirty water with a larger flock! I was going to have my husband build some kind of housing to cover their waterer, but this might be a better option. Anyway to keep it from freezing in the winter?...

We definitely find our waterers make chicken-keeping easier, and I suspect you will too.  Check out our page about heated chicken waterers for more winter information.

This thing is just great. My lead Ostrolorp hen took to it right off the back with all the others following. I am now buying two more for their free range area.

Chicken Man --- I'm glad they're enjoying their waterer! We like having a bucket waterer in our chickens' range area --- gives lots of water with little work.

I have gone loopdy loop looking for a way to purchase the nipples. We would like only 3 as we have only 5 chickens and this method looks the cleanest and most efficient. Where is the purchase page?

thanks... Rene

i want to buy the nipples also- but I'm doing a loop trying.

Rene and Wanda --- This is the first page of our store. You need to choose between our homemade chicken waterer kits or our ready to go chicken waterers, then click on the appropriate link above. That will bring you to a page that shows all of the options for either buying do it yourself kits or pre-made waterers. Then you can just click on the buy it now buttons to make your order.

Do the nipple waterers in the bottom of a bucket work for day old chicks?

They sure do! We just hatched a batch of chicks yesterday and they found their waterer without any help from me shortly after being put in the brooder. In fact, they're probably easier to train than adults since they don't have anything to unlearn.

Is it better to mount the nipples horizontally around the bottom of the bucket or vertically thru the bottom of the bucket? It would seem it would be less neck stress and more natural for the chickens to get their water from a horizontal nipple at about the height of their beaks or head or maybe slightly higher.

You might try a fully submersible aquarium heater for your water reservoirs. You can get them for 2 gallon reservoirs all the way to 500 gallon holding tanks. It will keep the water from freezing up in the winter. You will need a power source but most people should already have power available for heat lamps etc. If you are using a large enough containers for the holding water this should work just fine.

If you are running water directly from an outdoor faucet through some pvc pipe which contains the nipples for your flock, you can buy an "in-line" aquarium heater that the water flows through. You would just install this inline heater as close to the faucet as possible so the water in the pipes leading to your coop will remain heated. You would want to have this heater “enclosed” or run through an outdoor waterproof box (to keep the rain away from the thermostat etc). These inline heaters are not cheap but work great... Here is a link to the kind of heaters I think would work perfectly. http://www.hydor.com/prodotti/show/famprod/9/list/3#tabelle

Ray --- Our nipples are meant to be mounted vertically in the bottom to work properly. Chickens don't seem to mind reaching up to drink at all --- in fact, they seem to enjoy it, and often wander over to drink when they're bored.

Anonymous --- Thanks for the heated waterer tips! Did you check out the great inventions of heated chicken waterers that our customers came up with? Aquarium heaters were runners-up, but the best (in my opinion) used heat tape.

My 5 week old rooster taught the hens to use the waterer within 1 minute or putting it in place! It is so easy, so clean, so ingenious. The 4 hens and the rooster gather in a circle under the pitcher and take turns dashing in to drink. I never have to clean it.

I put a little bit of vinegar into the water to help them ward off worms. (1 tablespoon to the gallon). This is a folk remedy that one commercial chicken farmer who raises 100s of chicken uses. I am not saying anyone should use it, but he swears by it.

5 of our 35 chicks have developed bald spots on their stomachs. some spots are bigger than others. we are wondering if that is normal this age or if it is due to the heat(100-113f)?we haven't noticed them pecking each other either.please help!!!!

I wish I could help, but I just don't have enough information to know what's wrong with your chicks. Good luck!

I can't find a photo of the entire item, only close-ups of the nipple. I'd like a graphic and info about how to hang/mount it. Please? We're going on vacation soon --

Here's a photo/diagram of the whole pre-made waterer. Our pre-made waterers come with a hook that makes it easy to hang them, but you can also make special mounts like the ones shown here: http://www.avianaquamiser.com/mounting/.

Do these work for day old bobwhite quail? I need something that REALLY works without getting all stopped up with the wood chips....

Several of our customers have had great luck using these with quail from day one on up. This will definitely solve your wet litter problem.

Well I don't have chickens but just looking at the simple effective design, it is a brillian idea...well done! And the innovative ideas from your satisfied customers makes the idea even better...

Sounds like you need chickens, Brian!

I agree --- the inventiveness of our customers is astonishing!

Well with all this info i'm going to buy this for all of my chickens and ducks (41 in all). Plus Brian you need to get some chicks or ducklings.

This product is great. Just installed 2 yesterday with regular 2 liters soda bottles. The chickens caught on in no time. This will save alot of my time and water. The chickens were just as amazed with it as I was. Cant say enough good things about the nipples.

WHICH TREAMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN CHICKS THAT DAY OLD OR 3 WEEK?

Theresa --- I'm not sure I entirely understand what you're looking for. Our waterer works well with chicks starting on day 1, and the premade and DIY versions are identical in that respect. I hope that answers your question!

love, love, love the idea! how could i adapt this to multiple birds (30)? i'd like to place a few around the two day runs i have. also, if used in the hen house, would i need to put a try or something under to catch drips so the house litter stays reasonable dry?

Sandra --- I'd recommend one of our do it yourself kits. The 3 pack DIY kit would be plenty for 30 birds.

Depending on how fancy you want to get, you could build a PVC pipe system with one reservoir but multiple watering areas, or could just make a bucket waterer for each area.

Assuming you follow our instructions to the letter, you shouldn't see any leakage onto the ground. A few hens are messy drinkers and will let a drop or two dribble down their chins, but that tends to be very minimal (and is seldom the case anyway).

I see photos of waterers constructed with nipples in PVC pipes attached to garden hoses. I'm intrigued. How does one install the nipples along a length of PVC pipe? Does installation require access to both the interior and exterior of the pipe?

Thanks for your feedback! I can't wait to make an educated purchase!

Jackie --- Thanks for your interest. Our DIY kits include complete instructions for installation in PVC pipes, but the short answer is that you drill a hole and screw the nipple in from the outside. There's no need to use a pipe large enough that you can access the inside.

I have been looking at your waterers and wonder how you heat the water in the winter?

Our favorite heated waterer is this one, although we suggest several other options here if our version doesn't float your boat. I hope that helps!

can ya buy just one nipple set up

Dave --- It sounds like you either want our 1 pack DIY kit or a single premade waterer. The latter will only water five birds in the height of summer, though, so if you're at all handy I recommend buying the kit and installing the nipple in the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket.