Is there a way to slow freezing..
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Try setting the buckets inside of stacked tires stuffed with staw. The black will absorb the heat during the day and radiate it back at night. Won't stop the freezing completely, but will slow it down.
If the horses won't play with the buckets, try wrapping them in real heavy, thick insulation. Be sure to wrap the bottoms too.
Hope this helps.
If the horses won't play with the buckets, try wrapping them in real heavy, thick insulation. Be sure to wrap the bottoms too.
Hope this helps.
Bess Kelly
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Try putting the buckets behind a wind block.....also, a cover over the top of the stack of tires suggested, with a hole cut to allow access to the water....if the tub/bucket is large.
Something floating in the water helps some to allow the animals to easily break thru the top freeze.
If you live in the area of the Great Lakes/Canada, I don't know of a way to keep it from freezing in that cold.....except MOVE FAR SOUTH !!!
Something floating in the water helps some to allow the animals to easily break thru the top freeze.
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LAST WINTER MY STALLION NEEDED WARM WATER AND HAD NO ELECTRIC. I BOUGHT THE BEST HEAVY DUTY EXTENTION CORD FOR "OUTDOORS" COST ME ABOUT $50 AND WAS PRETTY LONG AND i HUNG IT ALONG THE FENCE POSTS AND PUT A HEATER IN HIS WATER. nEVER HAD A PROBLEM.
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Lisa-Ruff N Tuff Minis
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LOL i have the opposite problem.. horses have heaters in water in there turn outs during the day but not in the barn so i go out a couple times a nite and break ice.. gets old really quick though
