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Ram pumps..worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Robin2020" data-source="post: 7706662" data-attributes="member: 149041"><p>One trough I currently fill by hand so I noticed on the 30deg days the flock (currently 20 + 16 lambs) was drinking around 25ltr a day. Looks like 1ltr is 0.3p, so thats 7.5p a day in extremely hot conditions. And like you say, big portions of the year they don't touch it. I noticed on frozen mornings after munching hay they would drink a lot.</p><p>So that would be £27 a year if they had a 30 degree day all year round!!!! Realistically is is probably more like £15 max. When I get my extra 20 ewes this number may double but its pretty small hey.</p><p>The thing is, I need to pipe all the troughs to mains anyway so lets see just how much the Papa system will cost (beyond what the grant will cover). The grant will pay for all the pipework if I go with ram pumps so this would be a big benefit. Its probably enough to hire the digger and buy the pipe......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robin2020, post: 7706662, member: 149041"] One trough I currently fill by hand so I noticed on the 30deg days the flock (currently 20 + 16 lambs) was drinking around 25ltr a day. Looks like 1ltr is 0.3p, so thats 7.5p a day in extremely hot conditions. And like you say, big portions of the year they don't touch it. I noticed on frozen mornings after munching hay they would drink a lot. So that would be £27 a year if they had a 30 degree day all year round!!!! Realistically is is probably more like £15 max. When I get my extra 20 ewes this number may double but its pretty small hey. The thing is, I need to pipe all the troughs to mains anyway so lets see just how much the Papa system will cost (beyond what the grant will cover). The grant will pay for all the pipework if I go with ram pumps so this would be a big benefit. Its probably enough to hire the digger and buy the pipe...... [/QUOTE]
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