Its a temp field. We use this trough in other places too during droughts so anything that makes it hard to move would be a problem. Most times there are just a few bottle calves in this pasture and they drink out of the stable trough, where, we have a auto water fill. There are 63 in there now.. I can put a timer on the faucet which is over 150 ft away. Sometimes, I can let the hose trickle just enough to keep up with their use....but, the stars have to line up right.... Our dirt and mud are different. Any traffic, there is no bottom. This dirt is what this area is made of. We're just glad its dry, you ought to see this area when its wet, we have to move this trough when its wet because it gets really really bad without me overfilling........ga.prime":1hrhwz5r said:Why a problem? Put a float valve in the tank and construct a simple structure out of wooden boards and fence posts to keep the cows noses and tongues off the float valve.
Again.... its a temp trough, when its wet we have to move it...and, there are usually just a few in here at the time. YOu cant use a float unless you build something to keep them off it. And building something would make it hard to move......I have auto waterers on most of our troughs, I know how they work...TennesseeTuxedo":1tl7ozco said:If you have a water faucet that close I'd suggest a Ritchie style automatic water fountain. The float valve idea is a good one as well.
The Ritchie one is a really bad suggestion with the type of ground we have.. 60+ cattle using it in a 5 acre pasture would be disastrous. If we were able to bring in a lot of dirt from somewhere else and change all the drainage, then maybe watering this group for a month would be logical... This field is very productive because it does hold water. Makes a great heifer calving lot since its next to our corral. I keep our bottle calves in there since the stable also is off it. But, if its wet, we don't keep herds in it..... Trust me, we've considered all watering options...a temp one we can move is our best option...TennesseeTuxedo":gpr2409y said:If you have a water faucet that close I'd suggest a Ritchie style automatic water fountain. The float valve idea is a good one as well.
:roll:cowgirl8":2ryffdp3 said:Trust me, we've considered all watering options...
Kingfisher":3samwfzf said:Why do you have 63 bottle calves?
cowgirl8":2nrfidk5 said:Maybe i'll change the subject...
cowgirl8":24a4mgnz said:As you can see from the picture, its just that one spot and that heifer chose it to try to drink from. The others, as you can see are on dry ground and can drink easily. We don't have a problem with this tank, was not the reason for this post. Just to show that just a few steps out of that hole, the heifer could drink easily.... get it....
I swear you guys cant see a joke or anything humorous . You few just have to be right, or smarter, or just like to start trouble... God, why do I even try...