Poultry
Nipples and Drinkers
Nipple drinkers keep chicken water cleaner than an open trough because birds peck a valve instead of standing in and fouling the water. Pipestone Farm Supply lists two Tuff Stuff poultry nipple products: the Tuff Stuff poultry hydrating bucket, a 5 gallon bucket fitted with six mini nipples that hangs at head height for a backyard flock, and a pack of Tuff Stuff red mini nipples for replacing worn valves or building your own drinker from a bucket or PVC line. Hang the bucket so the nipples sit just above the birds' heads, check that each valve drips when touched, and bring drinkers indoors or switch to a heated waterer once Alberta nights drop below freezing. For heated and gravity waterers see the poultry waterers page. Ships Canada-wide from Millet, Alberta.
Brands in this category
- Read the guide: Incubator Temperature and Humidity for Chicken Eggs: Little Giant's Directions
What temperature and humidity to run an incubator at for chicken eggs, when to turn, candle and lock down — from Miller's Little Giant instructions.
- Read the guide: Chick Starter, Grower or Layer Feed: When to Switch Chickens
Starter, grower or layer? The ages for each stage from Masterfeeds RWA feeding directions, with intake figures, grit, oyster shell and water tips.
- Read the guide: What Does DIN Mean on a Veterinary Product? Health Canada's Definition
Health Canada's definition of a Drug Identification Number (DIN), what the Drug Product Database statuses mean, and the veterinary products we list with their DIN cited.
- Read the guide: Chicken Waterers and Feeders: Types, Height and Cleaning (Alberta Small-Flock Guide)
What Alberta's small-flock guide says about nipple, bell and cup drinkers, feeder and waterer height, winter water and cleaning, with the waterers and feeders we list.