PAINT HORSES N MORE: We have two horses & we use the electric buckets. My mare rubs on hers and breaks one every season

Does anyone have any suggestions for keeping the water - Janice 1/11/2018, 9:36 pm

reminds me of living in NW Colorado. it's a real problem. there is a floating cover to fit some tr - Joan 1/12/2018, 11:06 am
- how many horses are you watering? those heated buckets don't use much electricity but you - Joan 1/12/2018, 11:10 am
  - here's a trick I just read about: - Joan 1/12/2018, 11:12 am
    - ooo better idea. When my Dad was a boy in Saskatchewan, they kept their whole house warmer this wa - Joan 1/12/2018, 11:21 am
      - Thank you Joan for the ideas. I am watering two horses it is just - Janice 1/12/2018, 12:38 pm
        
        for just 2, you might be better off with 2 heated buckets. fill them often. forget the - Joan 1/12/2018, 4:50 pm
        
        So far so good. It is cold but not bitter cold. I don't know if the - Janice 1/13/2018, 9:31 pm
        
        The ones that I buy the cords are wrapped with heavy wire so they can't chew the cord. nm - KAD 1/20/2018, 7:46 am
        
        sounds like the kind I used. I even bought a heated pet bowl for the barn cats! glad I don't - Joan 1/20/2018, 11:16 am
        
        My neighbors are horrible about their cats...we have 3 kittens and a couple of cats in the barn..we - KAD 1/20/2018, 1:36 pm
        
        poor little kitties. I had bad cat neighbors too. they did not feed theirs enough or spay and the - Joan 1/20/2018, 10:06 pm
        
        Mine do not even feed them. We feed a pile down our way and my neighbor...72 and has NO - KAD 2/4/2018, 1:43 pm
        
        We have two horses & we use the electric buckets. My mare rubs on hers and breaks one every season - KAD 1/20/2018, 7:45 am
      - I had those sytrofoam insulated bucket holders. They would not freeze if I kept the circular - KAD 1/20/2018, 1:42 pm
        
        I never tried those. in bitter whether, I can't imagine they would be enough. and if you cover the - Joan 1/20/2018, 10:06 pm
        
        Yeah, ours were indoors, in the barn prior to us buying the heated ones. They figure out very fast - KAD 2/4/2018, 1:45 pm

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