Coopqueen Waterer Introduction

   Whom here has washed chicken or turkey poop off a waterer on a cold morning?  It ain't fun. Why not try something new?  Below are the results of this very important revelation.
   We looked and saw that nipple waterers for  chickens were being used.  I did not like the 5 gallon bucket which goes directly in the pen, too messy.  The goal was clean feet for me and clean water for the birds.    We bought and tried a couple types of nipples and thought out the plumbing set up.  Steve has  set up watertanks at work.  Those water tanks deal with 100s of fish, frogs, and crayfish.   So we used that experience to put these together, using good fixtures.  There are drips from this kind of waterer.  We still like using it.  95% drips are from the birds drinking     They are eager drinkers. 
   It helped to have a shop to experiment in. The drill press,  the chop saw, the table saw, the marvel#2, flat surfaces to work on, all  helped immensely. For the last month we have refined our waters testing them on 22 turkeys, 4 chukkars and 27 cornish crosses.  It is with much excitement we have done this.  The turkeys and the chickens love the fresh water.
In the next blogs we will be fleshing out the directions to put these together with photos and instructions.  We would like very much any input you can give us from your experiences.  Thanks and have fun!

   We want our birds happy and we are trying to provide them with clean water and food first. I will write more about feed, but did you know they love alfalfa hay?

 The waterer keeps them occupied and they like fresh water. Each option will be a seperate post.  These will be printed in our favorite posts, Option 1, Option 2, and Option 3.   

Option 1. For those do it your selfers that like to experiement there are just the nipples.
 Option 2 is just the pipe with 2 or 4 nipples in it.   This comes ready to hook in a hose and you can figure out the rest.  Just look at three too.
Option 3 is the exact set up we have, all you do is open the box and pull out the screw gun to mount it on the wall and set it up inside or outside your hen house.These we will sell in the 2 and 4 nipple version.  With the deluxe version having.... inside and out waterers.
 
To install this yourself here are the instructions
1.  Nipples only .
 Pick the number of nipples you want to use first.   We suggest 2 for less than 6 birds and 4 for 12 -15 birds. 
Actual plumbing 
Here is a list of what you need  .  Teflon Tape, pvc glue, saw, rag, 2 feet of  3/4 inch pipe , 11/16 drill bit,
fitting joints
3/4" cap fitting
3/4" slip joint to 3/4" threaded female
brass hose fitting
Order some nipples and get started!