Bull pen water trough

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Plas king

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North Wales

• Sep 23, 2020

• #1

What is the best or most robust water trough?usually turn them out to a concrete trough on the yard but with 4 bulls it takes to much time.ive seen some use pig drinkers and im wondering if they would have enough water thruogh these.they are charolais breeding bulls.

 

Suffolksucklers

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Livestock Farmer

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North Suffolk

• Sep 23, 2020

• #2

We have a jourdain gate between ours with a drinker bowl mounted in it so one bowl does two pens. Works well and had no issues over ten years

 

M-J-G

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Sunny Scotland (But I wasn't born here)

• Sep 23, 2020

• #3

Suffolksucklers said:

We have a jourdain gate between ours with a drinker bowl mounted in it so one bowl does two pens. Works well and had no issues over ten years

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Do you have any pics?

 

Suffolksucklers

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Livestock Farmer

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North Suffolk

• Sep 23, 2020

• #4

They are extendable so fit any gap and can open either end. Had two stock bulls side by side every year and all is the same as day we installed it

 

Northeastfarmer

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Location

Cleveland

• Sep 23, 2020

• #5

@Shane_watertrough

 

Suffolksucklers

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Livestock Farmer

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North Suffolk

• Sep 23, 2020

• #6

M-J-G said:

Do you have any pics?

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Also if you look on teemore engineering website they have a catalogue with all the options in. We have ordered our last lot of stuff through @Forever Fendt on here though

 

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Shane_watertrough

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Mid-Wales

• Dec 11, 2020

• #7

we do a 2'10 x 2 foot concrete drinker with enclosed service area. Pretty indestructible! The service area is covered with a heavy concrete lid which sits within the walls of the trough leaving no edges for noses to get under.
These come complete with ball valve and float as pictured.
Approx 8-10 gallon.
www.fordenconcreteproducts.co.uk

 

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Agrivator

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• Dec 11, 2020

• #8

Ideally you should either have water troughs that the Bulls can't contaminate, or they should be sited so you can clean them out from outside the pen.

 

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Formatted

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Livestock Farmer

• Dec 11, 2020

• #9

Following with interest as we are using a standard trough which our bull seems determine to fill or break

 

M-J-G

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Location

Sunny Scotland (But I wasn't born here)

• Dec 11, 2020

• #10

I'm keen to see where folks place water troughs in bull pens.

At the back fills with dung and with straw from the bedder, plus as @Agrivator says you have to go in to check/clean them.

I don't want them on the feed passage as it hinders scraping the feed passage with a bucket and they are kinda begging be hit by a machine.

I'm thinking somewhere on the inside of the feed gate.

 

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Shane_watertrough

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Mid-Wales

• Dec 11, 2020

• #11

The trough i have pictured was made for that reason. Half round in the bottom so you can get a good sized bucket in to clean it out! It also has a handy inch and quarter drain plug.

 

michael N123

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• Dec 11, 2020

• #12

Was looking at some the other day someone had made out off H gurder on it’s side and made into part of the feed Barrier welded solid to the main shed gurders

 

jamesy

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Location

Orkney

• Dec 12, 2020

• #13

If there’s a scrape passage would a nipple drinker do? They might play around with it and waste some water though

 

M-J-G

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Location

Sunny Scotland (But I wasn't born here)

• Dec 12, 2020

• #14

jamesy said:

If there’s a scrape passage would a nipple drinker do? They might play around with it and waste some water though

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I'd be wary of rings getting hooked in them.