Best vs. Worst Chicken Waterers! How to give them fresh/clean water
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
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Welcome back to the farm yall!
Today we are talking about the best and worst methods to give fresh and clean water to your chickens!
1. What we would consider normal or chick waterers. The upside down bottle.
These are terrible because you have to refill constantly and they get sooooo dirty. So I only recommend them for when you have chicks that are super young. \
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2. The next best option would be nipple waterers. They are great because they keep the supply of water fresh and give water on demand. You can also attach these to a bucket or pvc line.
The bad part of these is that if you have ducks or geese like we do, they cant get enough water from these due to their beaks.
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3. The third option would be cup waters. They have two size options. They are awesome because not only can your chickens use these, but so can your ducks and geese.
The only bad about these is that you can to take them off and clean them routinely to keep them clean.
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If you don’t want to install these cups on a bucket or water line, you can also buy a bucket with them that has them already installed to make it easier. They are typically more expensive though and don’t hold a ton of water.
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4. The last and best option is what we use. We have tried all of the above before, and while we still use the nipple waterers for our small chicks, we use these larger waters for all our animals now. That is because its easy for the ducks to drink and clean out their bills, in addition to the chickens being able to drink from them. We also use them for our goats.
The only downside is that it tends to get dirty really easy, so you have to spray them out with a hose routinely, because they are attached to something. We sunk some 2x4’s in the ground and then screwed these into those 2x4’s.
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Clarence is a great name for a goose. Oooohh Clarence 🤣
Thanks! He is awesome. Lol
We have 5 chickens
Morgan free range chicken
TooTall
Too small and Sergent pepper and Smudgee
And this WATER situation is really missing me off...... love your content and helpful tricks
Same here my friend. lol. It has always been the difficult of chicken keeping.
Glad you enjoy!
Just as I was searching videos I thought of using our goat waterer and putting a roof on it to keep some dirt out. Glad to see another person thinks it's a good idea. However, I still like the cup waterers so may try them.
Now on to chicken feed dispensers....
I wanted to let you know there is a Farmer Brad Automatic Chicken Waterer that comes fully assembled. We make 2 and 4 gallon varieties, that come with a built in float valve that can hook up to most garden hoses or rain catchment systems.
Do you make any with the bowl waterers also? Or can I substitute out some nipple for them?
@@LaceyFamilyFarm I typically stick with the horizontal water nipples since I have some customers that use it during the winter with a heated element and manually refill during winter
@@FarmerBrad I have ducks also, so I would need some bowls too, but I absolutely love your product.
Our chickens have just moved into the coop last week, and I'm installing a new feeder and waterer. I'm here for ideas. The biggest issue with the plastic waterers is the ease in which they seem to poop in them. I upgraded to a 2 1/2 gallon, thinking they would outgrow pooping in their water. Nope. Now I'm loving the nipple idea. I'm surprised you like the cup waterers and goat cups the best as they also look like they are prime for droppings. We're going to try the nipples in hopes that provides the cleanest water possible.
Yes. Nipples would be good in retrospect for some situations. I’m coming to find out that the type of waterer is really situationally dependent. I’m working on a follow up video coming out in the next month or so.
I guess everyone's situation is different. I only have 8 black australorps. I don't have any ducks, etc., so for me, the nipples are without a doubt, the best. Why?
* They're far and away the best option to keep the water clean. I've seen people who use the cups and they get dirty pretty quickly.
* They're the only solution where you don't have to worry about frozen water. If you live somewhere that gets below 32F/0C at any point during the year, you have to worry about your water freezing. With the cups, you have water sitting outside, exposed and it will freeze. With the nipples, all of the water is inside the container, so all you have to do is put a small heater inside that turns on and off depending on how cold it is and you never have to worry about having to go out and deal with frozen water
Nothing is perfect and the biggest downside of nipples are:
* if your chicken has a cross beak, then the cups are the best bet. You'll still have to deal with cleaning them out periodically and freezing will be an issue, but it's your best bet
* if you have ducks, they'll struggle with them
* if you have young chicks, they probably won't have the strength to press the button to release the water
* it's not as intuitive to use as the cups. I had to show my ladies how to use them for about 20 minutes, but they got it after that.
You've not mentioned one critical factor: winter freeze.
Put the waterer up for the winter and drain everything...then use a rubber pail and change it twice a day
@@nielsonnc
That's way too much work! A super simple solution is to put nipples on a 5 gallon bucket and put a heater inside that turns on when it drops below 32F and turns off at 35F, something like that. You fill it up once every 2-3 weeks when they drink it down and that's the most intervention you have to have. That's my current setup. I'm going to eventually set up a 55 gallon drum that feeds nipples on a pvc pipe, so I can go months without having to do anything. Finally, I'm going to have gutters feed the drum with rain water so that, other than maybe a yearly check to make sure all is good, I don't have to do anything. Changing water twice a day? What do you do when you want to go on vacation?
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 that would freeze in the nipples at 10 below zero...many of us have colder temperatures than barely freezing. It would be too far out away from the heat source...plus...if it were in the coop with a heater it could work...but there is always a nipple that leaks which means you have a constant leak on the floor...so that will be ruined come next summer... outside waterer in just a rubber bowl...large and a pingpong ball...in the morning dump out the ice and pour in water...refill at around 2 if you need to...but that's not too much work unless your an armchair quarterback which is likely.
Also heat rises so the nipple would freeze
Try it before you make suggestions
Best and worst chicken waterers and you knock them cause ducks can’t use them. Hmmm ok…..
Maybe rename the video to include ducks and would save people not wasting time on the video
How would the goat waterer work in areas with cold winters?
Unfortunately it does freeze, but you could use a small heater to keep it warm. Like an aquarium heater type. I have seen that before
@@LaceyFamilyFarm awesome, thank you. 😊
I just got berated by a local FB chicken group when I asked about PVC and isn't it bad for animals if it's bad for humans? I said I wouldn't give animals something I wouldn't give myself.... lol Except the cat, dog and chicken food/feed.
Is PVC safe?
No. PVC also has lead . I hate using pvc
Silkies. The are very sweet
Cornish cross
Where are the links? Sorry but I assume in comments 🤷♂️
Yes! They are in the links for all the different types.
bro we are talking about chickens pls move away the ducks from the topic
Some advice. Show more of what you are talking about and less of you.
Thanks
You list is completely wrong and reversed. LOL Especially when you say keeling out the cup is a tiny downside. Um no, it is a major downside. Had to stop watching at that point. 👎