Bull pen water trough

[Plas king]

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]

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]

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

Do you have any pics?

 

[Suffolksucklers]

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]

@Shane_watertrough

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Do you have any pics?

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

 

[Shane_watertrough]

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

 

[Agrivator]

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.

 

[Formatted]

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

 

[M-J-G]

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.

 

[Shane_watertrough]

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]

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]

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]

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

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