[Jacob-list] Insulated Waterers

[Meg Steensland]

Wow - I have electric at the barn but none in the out-pastures.  I just got a generator in case the power goes - like in 05 for almost a week.  
   
  I like tthose soft kickable rubber buckets for ease of breaking up ice.  I use tank de-icers when power is on.  The hard plastic buckets will break in the cold if absed.  My friend  Gene used to say that they CAN eat snow.

Beryl Schwartz <beryl5145 at wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
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  All,
   
  As the nights are getting colder, it’s not too early to start thinking about winter.  Last year, when I only had five ewes and a llama, I brought out two buckets of hot water from the kitchen twice a day.  Now, I have eight ewes, one wether, one llama, and I’ll be getting two Nubian wethers.  I need a better method of watering.  My barn has no electricity and is more than 100’ away.  I have thought about putting the water in an insulated cooler and moving it by sled to a spot near the barn.  (I never put water in the barn, except during storms, because exercise during pregnancy is good.)  Any ideas out there?
  Thanks,   
   
  Beryl Schwartz
  Stockton, Utah
   
     


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