The birds prefers this horizontal poultry nipples over the vertical type and watering cups as it provides more convenience in accessing and drinking the water from its container. The steel rod is easy enough to push that even 2 week old chickens can do it with less to no effort at all. This horizontal chicken waterer is designed to work like a water dispenser. It will release water only if the steel rod is triggered by the flocks and then shuts off whenever no bird is striking into it. All you need to do is refill the bucket/container whenever water is runs out. 5 gallon of water will be enough for a week or more depending on the number of flocks that you have on your poultry farm or coop. This poultry waterer nipples is made with plastic and steel materials and are assembled thoroughly to make sure the quality is the best and that the product will last for many seasons. It is so easy and quick to setup this nipper drinker as all you need to do is drill a hole on your container and screw in the horizontal poultry nipples. The only thing you'll need for installing the watering nipples is an 11/32 drill bit. The nipple assembly screws right into your container, so additional tools will NOT be necessary. Model Number: Horizontal Side Mount Poultry Nipple Type: Farm Animals Farm Animals Type: Chicken Or Quail colour:red Material:plastic size:3*3cm Package Contents: 48 * chicken drinking fountain Only the above package content, other products are not included. Note: Light and different displays may cause the color of the item in the picture a little different from the real thing. The measurement allowed error is +/- 1-3cm.