Straw in water troughs from straw blower.

[Grass And Grain]

What solutions have folks used? Or do you just not worry about it?

Can't get in sheds with spread-a-bale type machine, so stuck to using a blower along feed passage.

 

[Happy]

Just angle the spout down a bit as you pass the water trough.
For any that does go in use one of these every few weeks

 

[Wesley]

What solutions have folks used? Or do you just not worry about it?

Can't get in sheds with spread-a-bale type machine, so stuck to using a blower along feed passage.

I use the things on the ends of my arms. They’re pretty handy. Straw floats on the water for a bit so its easy to scoop it off

 

[milkloss]

Just angle the spout down a bit as you pass the water trough.
For any that does go in use one of these every 2-3 weeks
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even better: tatty fork.

or one of those floppy tools they clean horses out with but it might need a decent handle on it first.

 

[Treecreeper]

I have wooden hinged lids on a chain which can be lowered from the .outside.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Just angle the spout down a bit as you pass the water trough.
For any that does go in use one of these every few weeks
View attachment 1022806

I use the things on the ends of my arms. They’re pretty handy. Straw floats on the water for a bit so its easy to scoop it off

even better: tatty fork.

or one of those floppy tools they clean horses out with but it might need a decent handle on it first.

A fine sieve of some sort seems to be the suggestion.

 

[Grass And Grain]

Ah, we've got a hinged lid suggestion

 

[fred.950]

I made some lids on hinges. They have to be quite robust and obviously you have to remember to uncover them when you’ve finished

 

[Chuckie]

I've got one of those horse mucking out forks with a beefed up wooden handle, it works well

 

[puppet]

Not a problem if bedding with a fork

 

[HarryB97]

I lower the spout and turn the bed off whilst I drive past

 

[Grass And Grain]

Not a problem if bedding with a fork

Never been an issue with rolling out round bales. Now on 4x3 hesstons. Don't like bedding up with a fork with those things.

 

[thorpe]

we tookout all the large troughs and replaced with 5lt jobbies brill clean water all the time no more sh1t in them and straw not an issue.

 

[whatnow]

We use an old tennis racket

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Lids on ours here, when open they also stop them crapping in them from the feed passage

 

[Grass And Grain]

Lids on ours here, when open they also stop them crapping in them from the feed passage View attachment 1022836

Thanks.

What's the yellow sleeves around bottom of the gateposts? Extra corrosion protection?

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Yes. Jourdain stuff. All those posts are socketed so you can completely remove it and you can stack the sockets on top of each other to protect the bottom of the post

 

[spin cycle]

even better: tatty fork.

or one of those floppy tools they clean horses out with but it might need a decent handle on it first.

'floppy tools' .......sorry

 

[Grass And Grain]

Thanks everyone. Some good ideas...

• Lids
• Sieve floating straw dust off top of water
• Smaller water troughs

Next problem is stopping dust getting through Yorkshire boarding, and critically, covering Mrs Grass And Grain's car . She hasn't noticed yet - dry windy days have blown the dust off. Not looking forward to car covered in condensation, and straw stuck on like Papier mache.

 

[Netherfield]

Easy, park the car elsewhere.