So we only fill it a little bit every day and it freezes a little bit so we just put more water on top of the ice. This actually works benificial because there is a hole in the bottom of the trough that is now filled with ice so it doesn't leak any more.
But it means every day I have to go out there and fill it just enough to give them enough water to drink but not too much it will be full before the weather warms up enough to thaw it. It is pretty quick and I am usually only out there just enough time to turn it on and go get oats for them then when I get back to it I can turn it off.
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We never had troughs that had water automatically fill them on our farm when I was a kid we had to hose it in from the house or lug bukets full lol Our horses would drink from the hole in the ice lol and chew the hole open more. Thnks for the post it brought back this memeory for me. Have a great day !
Pretty soon it will be time to pack away the stock tank heaters for another year, hopefully I wont put them in such a safe palce I cant find them again! Or maybe I will find the one I put away last year?
Don't you hate that. We don't have automatic waterer's because of such few numbers of animals, we have to put stock tank heater in the water.
I didn't bother to get any heaters this last winter either and had to do the same thing. It's not too bad if the temps are mildish. Sucked pond water when we had those really cold spells. Whew...glad that is over for another year...here at least. ;-)
We use tank heaters but then we've got cattle coming in to water in the same places.
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