When the weather warms up above freezing, even for a day, we take advantage and clean out all of the water troughs. It may seem like a small thing, giving the animals water, but it is so important...and it's quite a chore when you've got so many different pens to keep up.
One of the best things we did was to build the water trailer. It's not pretty, but it beats dragging garbage cans full of water out to the horses every day. The water trailer is a 500 gallon water barrel that J fixed with a valve. The valve comes out the back and when you add a section of 2 1/2 inch pvc to it, you get a pretty good stream of water going.
We have to fill the water trailer about once a week, depending on the weather. It waters enough for about four full troughs. Sometimes we pull it with the car, but more often, we hook it up to the old tractor, the kids climb on top, and we hold on like it's a carnival ride.
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