- 20 litres for ducks, geese and mixed flocks — ducks drink far more than hens, and this keeps up
- Three stainless steel Lubing nipples: water a drop at a time when a bird pecks the pin, so no bill goes in and nothing is tipped out
- Dry bedding: no open water for a duck to paddle in or fling about
- Black, opaque drum keeps light off the water; water-level window on the side
- Click-and-connect outlet frame: fits in minutes, no glue, no tools
- Australian made, lead-free and BPA-free. $22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide, any size order
- 20 litres for ducks and mixed flocks
- Three Lubing nipples, no open water
- Dry bedding, opaque drum, level window
- Click-and-connect, no tools
- Australian made, $22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide
The duck drinker that keeps the coop dry
Ducks turn any open water into mud. They dunk the whole bill, fling it about, and drink several times what a hen does, so a bowl is empty and filthy by lunchtime. This is a 20 litre sealed drum with three stainless steel Lubing nipples: a duck pecks the pin and gets a drop at a time, as much as it wants, with no pool to paddle in and nothing to tip over. The bedding stays dry, the water stays clean, and the drum lasts days.
How long 20 litres lasts with ducks
Ducks drink a good deal more than hens, and geese more again, and how much varies with the weather and what they are eating. So rather than a rule of thumb, use the level window on the side: check it daily for the first week and you will know your flock's rate. A hen takes about half a litre a day; budget well above that per duck.
Ducks still need somewhere to dunk
A nipple gives ducks all the water they need to drink, but most breeds also want to submerge their heads to clean their eyes and nostrils. Give them a bucket or a pond for that, away from the bedding. The drinker keeps the coop dry; the bucket keeps the ducks happy.
Why the water stays clean
Open water is dirty within the hour with ducks about. Here the water sits in a black, opaque drum that keeps light out, and only ever leaves through a nipple when a bird pecks it, a drop at a time. Nothing goes back in. Clean water is the cheapest thing you can do for healthy birds, and with ducks it is also the difference between dry bedding and a swamp.
How it is built
| Drum | 20 litre black drum, Australian made, with a lid and a water-level window down the side |
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| Outlet frame | Dine-A-Chook click-and-connect modular frame in UV-treated ASA — pushes together, no glue, no tools, and cups can be added or removed later |
| Outlets | Three stainless steel Lubing nipples, made in Germany |
| Water contact | Lead-free and BPA-free. No glue, no adhesives, nothing to rust |
| Filling | Lift the lid and pour, or run a hose in. The lid keeps rain, leaves and birds out |
A nipple releases water only while the pin is pressed, so there is no standing water anywhere. Ducks and chickens learn it within a day; tap the pin with a fingertip while they watch and a drop forms to show them what it does.
Where to put it
On a flat spot, raised on the adjustable drum drinker stand (sold separately), a crate or blocks so the nipples sit just above the head height of your smallest bird; they reach up to peck. Shade keeps the water cool and slows algae. Keep the dunking bucket well away from it so the bedding around the drinker stays dry. Chickens and ducks together? The twin cup and nipple drum gives the hens cups and the ducks a nipple on one reservoir.
Nipples or cups?
For ducks, nipples. A cup holds a pool, and a duck empties a pool onto the floor with one dip. For a chicken-only flock, the three cup drum is the same drum with cups, which hens take to a little faster. Same drum, same frame either way.
Specifications
| Capacity | 20 litres |
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| Outlets | Three stainless steel Lubing nipples |
| Lasts | Several days for a small flock of ducks; use the level window |
| Drum size | 375 mm high, 283 mm across |
| Weight, empty | About 1.15 kg for the drum, plus the frame and cups |
| Material | Black UV-treated drum; UV-treated ASA frame; lead-free and BPA-free throughout |
| In the box | 20L drum with lid, click-and-connect outlet frame, three Lubing nipples |
3-year warranty on the drinker components Dine-A-Chook manufactures, and 12 months on the black drum and on the Lubing cups and nipples. Colour loss and fading, and rodent damage, are not covered. Full terms on our warranty page. Delivery is a flat $22.95 NZ-wide, any size order.
Pairs well with
Large Chicken Feeder 4.7L
Ducks and geese eat from it too: feed kept dry, off the ground and away from the sparrows.
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Never refill again: cups or nipples fed straight from a tap or header tank.
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Product Specifications
- Capacity:
- 20 litres
- Outlets:
- 3 Lubing nipples
- Lasts:
- Several days for a small flock of ducks; use the level window
- Drum size:
- 375mm high, 283mm across
- Drum weight:
- About 1.15kg (empty, drum only)
- Material:
- Black UV-treated drum, UV-treated ASA frame, lead-free and BPA-free
- Includes:
- 20L drum with lid, click-and-connect frame, 3 lubing nipples
- Made in:
- Australia
$22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide, any size order. Delivery details →