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Post by Idaho Linda on Nov 13, 2014 20:33:41 GMT -5
As you all know, the farther you have to pack the water, the more the horses will drink. Evidently, that is also true when you have to get out the hose reel (kept inside where it is warm), unroll hose, fill up tank and make sure the stock tank heater is on. Then, of course, you reverse the procedure. Usually a tank lasts three days. Maybe they brought friends over for tea.... I filled it yesterday, and again today.
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Post by Marci on Nov 14, 2014 0:29:05 GMT -5
Hopefully no one is playing in it or maybe its because now the water is warmer and they are drinking more?
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Post by ride4fun on Nov 14, 2014 9:49:53 GMT -5
That is a lot of water for two horses in one day. Can your deer and elk neighbors get to the tank? I would think with the river they would always have water available but yours might have been close and easy.
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Post by Diane I. on Nov 14, 2014 12:11:46 GMT -5
My 2 seem to go in streaks. I agree, dragging out the reel every night is a chore, but.....the first winter I had horses, I bucketed water every night. In the Spring, I set up a reel with quick connects, and I've used that for going on 20 years. It might be primitive, but it beats the snot out of lugging 5 gallon buckets when there is snow and ice out there!!!!
Mine might go for 2 days, with the level not changing that much....then I'll top off the tank, and the next day it's darn near empty....I think when they start eating more hay to produce more warmth, they just need more water.
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Post by Idaho Linda on Nov 14, 2014 15:20:40 GMT -5
I'm with you, Diane. I think it was just different. And, it was cold enough that I am sure some of it evaporated. Now they are back to usual consumption. For some reason, the deer don't seem to drink out of rhe trough. I don't know why. I suppose that someday they will discover it.
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Post by Jenni on Nov 14, 2014 15:54:07 GMT -5
Last winter I was freaking out because my horses barely touched water for several days. I have 2 100 gallon tanks and normally every 3 or 4 days they have to be filled. A couple times it was over a week and they still had water. I started feeding hay right up next to the tank just to make sure they were coming up there. I was checking for current in the tank, gave them a new salt block, etc. I was sure they were all going to colic from dehydration. Then for no rhyme or reason they were back to normal again. Who knows.
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