Drinking nipples for cattle

[Dachie]

Looking to find out what the best drinking nipple is for cattle on slats. Having alot of problems with the cattle on slats filling there water bowls with crap and wanting to put nipples in there place who uses them and what size/brand are they??

 

[e3120]

I'm using some from GE Baker (@JP1 has an affiliation?) Aquaglobes weren't the most reliable, getting on better with button type, German brand name escapes me. Mine are on half inch threads, but that's a weak point. You need to have some spares for the inevitable sat evening flood.

 

[Dachie]

@e3120 thank you for that I take it by button ones you mean the type in the bottom picture (10,11 and 12)? What did you find was the problem with the aquaglobes?

 

[jamesy]

It’s ones like 10,11 & 12 that we have

 

[Dachie]

It’s ones like 10,11 & 12 that we have

Great thankyou @Jamsey and the cows and calves take to them no bother I was thinking about 10 head to a drinker would you say that would be alright?

 

[jamesy]

We just have one per 15ft bay, so one per 6-7 cows

 

[e3120]

@e3120 thank you for that I take it by button ones you mean the type in the bottom picture (10,11 and 12)? What did you find was the problem with the aquaglobes?

No, the button is on the side, similar to the ball on the Aquaglobes. The issue I had with them was the outer casing coming off, or the whole thing shearing at the threads (brass). Regardless of brand, this is a weak area if they get a dunt, so go 3/4" bsp if you can.

 

[aidan]

Put them outside the barrier, problem solved

 

[e3120]

2 different bodies but both 1/2" threads.

 

[farmgineer]

How do you get cows to drink from these? Ours are on troughs but have been considering these for the cows and pigs and I have been wondering about it...

 

[Skylark]

No, the button is on the side, similar to the ball on the Aquaglobes. The issue I had with them was the outer casing coming off, or the whole thing shearing at the threads (brass). Regardless of brand, this is a weak area if they get a dunt, so go 3/4" bsp if you can.

How quickly do the cattle take to using them? Look like a great idea really

 

[e3120]

How quickly do the cattle take to using them? Look like a great idea really

A day or 2. I have loosely wrapped insulating tape around them to make them dribble to aid the learning.

 

[aidan]

I am thinking of using them for young calves, are they suitable ? @Dachie @e3120 @jamesy

 

[Dachie]

I have put some into my slats for calves 6 month plus and a batch of 19 month old in calf hiefers and they work great I was a little nervous to weather they would work out how to use them but within an hour or two some had the hang of it best thing I have done is getting rid of the water bowls water is always clean and there feed intake is up.
No reason I can see that younger calves would not take to them as well as my stores have.

 

[e3120]

I would say 6 months is maybe a good threshold. We did have some smaller ones that struggled a bit, maybe slats (matted) were too hard on them. Rigged up a drinker to remove 1 challenge. Have other sheds, so younger calves tend to go there, but ventilation isn't as good.

 

[PuG]

Resurrecting a bit of an old thread - does anyone have other brands? Contacted AquaGlobe direct and they currently have no stock of the 1" for cattle, or 3/4" all stainless. Lack of demand they're not bothering to manufacture. Cheers

 

[Nukemall]

As above, don't buy aqua globe, they leak, and the outer body comes off. The optiflow are much better.

Fisher alvin

 

[Nukemall]

Resurrecting a bit of an old thread - does anyone have other brands? Contacted AquaGlobe direct and they currently have no stock of the 1" for cattle, or 3/4" all stainless. Lack of demand they're not bothering to manufacture. Cheers

 

[PuG]

Thanks, we've gone for:

Ferrzootecnia

Drinker sows porkers - code 040 SFI - Ferrzootecnia - produzione di abbeveratoi e accessori per la zootecnia

www.ferrzootecnia.it

Theirs also Haase I came across.

Bull Nipple Drinker Mod. 801 - Haase Tränken

Bull Nipple Drinker Mod. 801 for bulls all stainless steel 78 mm long R ¾” connection

haase-traenken.de

Just looked at the Optiflow. Lets hope what I've ordered are fine

 

[Nukemall]

Thanks, we've gone for:

Ferrzootecnia

Drinker sows porkers - code 040 SFI - Ferrzootecnia - produzione di abbeveratoi e accessori per la zootecnia

www.ferrzootecnia.it

Theirs also Haase I came across.

Bull Nipple Drinker Mod. 801 - Haase Tränken

Bull Nipple Drinker Mod. 801 for bulls all stainless steel 78 mm long R ¾” connection

haase-traenken.de

Just looked at the Optiflow. Lets hope what I've ordered are fine

The ones you have gone for are aqua globe.

However, the ones I had were brass on the threaded end, so hopefully by making them all stainless they have sorted the tube separation issue.