Farmers and ranchers work hard. They are up early and doing, tending to machinery and livestock. Feeding and watering animals can take up a lot of valuable time. But there are several products that attempt to help livestock owners with this task. One that is becoming more widespread in use is the automatic horse waterer.
The old-fashioned way to give the livestock a drink is with buckets or troughs. But buckets are heavy and and troughs are open to spilling. The ground around the place for drinking can get muddy and messy to walk through. Any standing water is attractive to mosquitoes looking for a place to lay eggs. Algae and other types of bacteria can grow and fester in these environments as well.
It may be time to embrace the new century. Spills can be reduced greatly by a smaller drinking surface. An attractive stainless steel product mounted to the barn wall may do the trick. A float on the water surface drops when the horse drinks and signals the need for more water, just as in a toilet bowl. Horses who like dunking are deterred.
The biggest obstacle to keeping drinking water available for animals is ice in winter. On a cold morning it is a heavy but unavoidable chore to break up any ice that is preventing the horses from hydrating. Water flow is alright when animals are drinking, but at night freezing occurs while they are sleeping. There are different methods to solve this with an automatic horse waterer.
The most obvious way to address the issue is with a heater. Many products for automatic watering contain these. Water is kept at an optimal temperature for equine health and many owners find the general fitness of their animals improving. For those reluctant to use electricity in this way, some machines maintain a continuous flow of water which is then directed to an outflow when the horses are not drinking. The flow helps prevent freezing.
Buckets do have the advantage of telling owners how much their horses are drinking. Refusal to drink may be a sign of illness. But a meter attached to the watering device solves this worry. It measures consumption and records the information for the owner.
Banish the bucket to the back of the barn and stop fussing with the hose. Animal lovers can spend more time riding once they switch to an automatic horse waterer.
The old-fashioned way to give the livestock a drink is with buckets or troughs. But buckets are heavy and and troughs are open to spilling. The ground around the place for drinking can get muddy and messy to walk through. Any standing water is attractive to mosquitoes looking for a place to lay eggs. Algae and other types of bacteria can grow and fester in these environments as well.
It may be time to embrace the new century. Spills can be reduced greatly by a smaller drinking surface. An attractive stainless steel product mounted to the barn wall may do the trick. A float on the water surface drops when the horse drinks and signals the need for more water, just as in a toilet bowl. Horses who like dunking are deterred.
The biggest obstacle to keeping drinking water available for animals is ice in winter. On a cold morning it is a heavy but unavoidable chore to break up any ice that is preventing the horses from hydrating. Water flow is alright when animals are drinking, but at night freezing occurs while they are sleeping. There are different methods to solve this with an automatic horse waterer.
The most obvious way to address the issue is with a heater. Many products for automatic watering contain these. Water is kept at an optimal temperature for equine health and many owners find the general fitness of their animals improving. For those reluctant to use electricity in this way, some machines maintain a continuous flow of water which is then directed to an outflow when the horses are not drinking. The flow helps prevent freezing.
Buckets do have the advantage of telling owners how much their horses are drinking. Refusal to drink may be a sign of illness. But a meter attached to the watering device solves this worry. It measures consumption and records the information for the owner.
Banish the bucket to the back of the barn and stop fussing with the hose. Animal lovers can spend more time riding once they switch to an automatic horse waterer.
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