Mains Pressure Chicken Drinker Single Lubing Cup

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  • Automatic Chicken Drinker - Mains Pressure Header Tank - Easy installation - Connect with standard garden hose - Dine a Chook Australia
  • Featuring a Single Lubing Cup and suitable for up to 8 birds. Lubing Drinker Cups are the industry standard for poultry hydration - manufactured in Germany and up-graded in Australia, the quality cannot be beaten.
  • This Automatic Mains Pressure Drinker for chickens is guaranteed leak-free and comes with a custom-made aluminium mount for installation in your chicken coop.
  • Genuine Lubing ball valve built to withstand mains pressure. Chicken Drinker with a 2 year warranty.
$238.95
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$22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide, any size order

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  • Your order is shipped quickly, with delivery as fast as 5-8 business days.
  • Fully insured for total value.
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  • Connect a hose, turn on the tap, walk away — unlimited fresh water with no refilling, ever
  • Lubing header tank with a German float valve, the same component used in commercial poultry sheds; nothing electronic, nothing to break
  • One genuine Lubing cup with the Dine-A-Chook float upgrade
  • Works on mains pressure, a garden tap, or gravity from a rainwater tank — the header tank regulates the pressure
  • Pre-assembled aluminium bracket, twin outlet frame, hose fitting and clamp in the box. Fitted in under 20 minutes
  • Australian made, 3-year warranty on Dine-A-Chook parts. $22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide, any size order
  • Never refill again — hose on, tap on, done
  • One Lubing cup, self-refilling
  • Mains, tap or rainwater tank
  • Bracket, frame, fittings included
  • Australian made, $22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide

Connect a hose. Turn on the tap. Walk away.

This is the drinker for anyone who is tired of the water chore, in the size for a small flock. A Lubing header tank fills from your hose and stops itself with a float valve, exactly like a toilet cistern. As your hens drink from the cup, the level drops, the valve opens, and fresh water flows in. You go away for the weekend, you get home late, you forget to check the coop before dinner. Doesn't matter. Your girls have water.

The float valve inside is the same German-made Lubing component used in commercial poultry operations worldwide. Simple mechanics, nothing electronic, nothing to break down. In well over a decade of selling these drinkers across Australia and New Zealand we have replaced almost none.

How it works

Connect A standard garden hose onto the 13 mm barbed fitting, or plumb it in at the ½″ BSP inlet
Turn on The header tank fills to the set level and the float valve shuts off
Done Each cup refills itself as the birds drink; the tank tops itself up as the cups draw it down

On tank water or gravity feed? It works the same. The header tank isolates the pressure from your supply, so it does not matter whether your rainwater tank holds 500 or 5,000 litres or how high it sits. Drawing from a rainwater tank, an inline filter before the drinker is worth having to catch sediment.

Why the cups refill themselves

Cheap drinker cups need the bird to press the float down to release water. If she does not press hard enough, or the float sticks, or she is small and timid, she does not drink. Every Lubing cup here comes with its original float fitted, plus our Australian-made upgraded float. The upgrade has a larger contact section that holds the valve open longer as the cup fills, so there is more water sitting in the cup. As the level drops the float drops with it, the valve opens, and the cup refills. Your chickens just drink.

Cups or nipples?

Cups are more forgiving across a range of water pressures, chickens take to them quickly, and you mount them at eye level for your smallest bird. Nipples are exceptionally clean, the commercial standard for layers and breeders, and need consistent head pressure of about 35 to 50 cm. Got ducks? Nipples are usually better, because ducks carry dirt in their bills and foul a cup faster; the three nipple drinker is the duck version of this unit. Ducks still need a bucket or pond deep enough to dunk in.

Installation: under 20 minutes

The aluminium bracket comes pre-assembled to the tank. Screw it to something solid: a fence post, shed wall or coop frame. Screw the outlet frame into the pre-fitted elbow on the tank, connect the hose, turn on the tap. The unit weighs about 5 kg full, so it needs a structural mount: timber, a solid wall, or masonry with plugs. Not chicken wire. Position the cups at eye level for your smallest bird and watch the flock for the first hour to make sure everyone can reach.

A note on maintenance

Lubing cups all but eliminate spillage, but they are not maintenance-free. Hose the cups out weekly. Every few months, take the frame off and clean it properly. If a cup ever drips, sediment around the stainless valve is nearly always the cause: rinse it, and on hard or bore water a vinegar rinse clears mineral deposits.

What you get

  • Lubing header tank with German float valve
  • 3 mm aluminium bracket, CNC-cut and pre-assembled
  • Single outlet frame
  • 1 genuine Lubing cup with original float, plus 1 Australian-made upgraded float
  • 13 mm barbed hose fitting and stainless steel clamp
  • Installation guide

Specifications

OutletsOne Lubing cup with the Dine-A-Chook float upgrade
SuitsUp to about 8 chickens
Header tank364 mm × 200 mm × 250 mm, about 3 to 4 litres
Weight, fullAbout 5 kg
Water connection13 mm barbed fitting for a standard garden hose, or ½″ BSP
SupplyMains pressure, garden tap, or gravity from a tank
MountingFour screw holes in the pre-fitted bracket; solid surface required
MaterialUV-treated tank and frame, lead-free and BPA-free; aluminium bracket; stainless steel fittings

3-year warranty on the drinker components Dine-A-Chook manufactures, 12 months on the Lubing cups and nipples, and 12 months on the header tank. Colour loss and fading, rodent damage, and incorrect installation are not covered. Full terms on our warranty page. Delivery is a flat $22.95 NZ-wide, any size order.

Choosing the right size

Under 8 birds: the single cup, this one. 8 to 16: the twin cup drinker. Larger flocks: the four cup drinker. Ducks or a nipple setup: one, three or five nipples on the same header tank. Small coop, no room for a tank? The compact twin cup drinker connects straight to the tap.

Who makes this

We are Ryan and Kara, based in Townsville. Dine-A-Chook started in 2009 as a weekend project in the garage: we had chickens, we were frustrated with the gear available, so we made our own. More than 80,000 customers later, we are still a family business. The aluminium brackets are cut on our own CNC machine, the fittings are injection-moulded in Brisbane, and the Lubing components come from Germany because nothing else matches them for reliability. This is not imported and rebadged. It is designed here, made here, and backed by people who use it. Questions? Get in touch and you will talk to someone who keeps chickens.

Product Specifications

Outlets:
1 Lubing cup with float upgrade
Suits:
Up to about 8 chickens
Header tank:
364 x 200 x 250mm, about 3-4 litres
Weight:
About 5kg full
Water connection:
13mm garden hose fitting or 1/2 inch BSP
Supply:
Mains, garden tap or gravity from a tank
Material:
UV-treated, lead-free and BPA-free; aluminium bracket
Includes:
Header tank with valve, pre-assembled bracket, outlet frame, hose fitting and clamp, guide
Made in:
Australia

$22.95 flat delivery NZ-wide, any size order. Delivery details →

Q. How does the header tank work?
A. Like a toilet cistern. A horizontal Lubing float valve lets water in until the tank reaches its level, then shuts. As the birds drink from the cups the level drops, the valve opens, and the tank refills. Nothing electronic, nothing to set.
Q. Can I connect it to mains, a tap, or a rainwater tank?
A. Any of them. A standard garden hose onto the 13 mm barbed fitting is the usual way; plumbers can use the ½″ BSP inlet. On gravity from a tank it works the same, because the header tank isolates the pressure from your supply. On rainwater, fit an inline filter before the drinker to catch sediment.
Q. Do the chickens have to press the float?
A. No. The Australian-made upgraded float holds more water in the cup and refills it automatically as the level drops. Small or timid birds drink as easily as the boss hen.
Q. Will the tank deteriorate in the sun?
A. The tank is UV treated, but mount it in the shade anyway. Poultry want cool water, and a header tank in full sun warms up. Shade also keeps algae from getting started.
Q. How many birds will it water?
A. Water supply is unlimited, so the question is access: one cup suits a flock of up to about 8 chickens who come to drink one at a time. For 8 to 16, the twin cup unit; bigger flocks, the four cup. Mixed flocks with ducks are better on nipples.
Q. What does it mount to?
A. Something structural: a timber post, a solid wall, or masonry with plugs. The pre-assembled aluminium bracket has four screw holes. It weighs about 5 kg full, so not chicken wire or light mesh. Set the cups at eye level for your smallest bird.
Q. Does it leak or drip?
A. No. The float valve shuts fully and the cups only release water as a bird draws it down. If a cup ever drips, sediment at the stainless valve is the usual cause; rinse it, and use a vinegar rinse on hard or bore water.
Q. What about frost?
A. The tank and cups cope with New Zealand frosts, and moving water in the line helps. On the coldest mornings check that the cups have not iced over, as you would with any outdoor water. If you are in a hard-frost area, mount the tank against a sheltered wall.
Q. What is the warranty?
A. Three years on the drinker components Dine-A-Chook manufactures, 12 months on the Lubing cups and nipples, and 12 months on the header tank. Colour loss and fading, rodent damage, and incorrect installation are not covered. Full terms are on our warranty page.