Nipple waterers for ducks

[Nandinaberry]

i use 2-five gallon buckets with 3 nipples in them,  in my coop for nights then at 7:30 am i let them out of the back room and the next room has another nipple drinker and a bucket  that is a 5 gallon with the top 1/3 cut off. filled with water, and that is were there food is as well, they also have 2 swimming pools out side they drink out of most of the time. they run inside eat them back outside to drink do that 3 or 4 time then they are full lol. some of them use the drinkers but mostof the time they don't till night time. i have 14 duck currently, they drink about 3 gallons from 6pm to 7:30am, i have a light that comes on at 530m to 6:30 pm and then at 5am to 8am hope that helps

Do they tend to eat mostly when the lights go on, and do you use the lights only during the long winter dark periods or year round?

 

[ppimf]

Do they tend to eat mostly when the lights go on, and do you use the lights only during the long winter dark periods or year round?

well they eat during the day only, they don't seem to eat at al during the night. i will only use light untill it starts getting at least 14 hrs of light. then they don't need it.

 

[Nandinaberry]

well they eat during the day only, they don't seem to eat at al during the night. i will only use light untill it starts getting at least 14 hrs of light.  then they don't need it.

Are the lights to keep them laying through the winter, or to regulate their food intake?

 

[ppimf]

Are the lights to keep them laying through the winter, or to regulate their food intake?

i use it for the eggs he don't seem to lay much if i don't