Licking Snow

[DogPatch]

I would be concerned about calves getting knocked in upside down in those tire waters.......

what kind of a price tag on the Ritchie waterers?

[wlc]

Run an electric Wire [or wires ] across top of tire trough .Stops all crowding
and pushing .Also stops cattle from drinking down too low and damaging or
freezing float .

[forage]

Dogpatch you have a valid concern. The water trough that was orginally on this place was a death trap. Steel 4ft x 8ft with a wood burning 20 inch pipe in the middle. Made a bad decision to split the trough so two pens could water from each side, lost a 2 year old heifer after an older cow lifted her from behind between the legs head first into trough, even though I was right there I still lost the heifer. Trough was removed the next day.
Never seen this rubber tire one,rather than put electric wire arround could it fit inside a steel round bale feeder?

[forage]

The above statement should have read eye bolts not u bolts , these night shifts are catching up me.

[grassfarmer]

I sure like the two frost-free nose pumps we have.
Once the cows get used to them they work great. Bit
of a cost/pain to install initially but no electricity
needed and they look well enough built to last for a
very long time. That's in a pasture situation of course
as our cows don't live in the corrals. I guess you can
use them in a corral setting with piped water too if
you wanted to.