Automatic water drinker

[Barton Bounty]

Putting a water drinker in Orbis new stable, any recommendations?


Is there a better make than the other?

Does it matter if it is Stainless Steel or Plastic?

 

[Red-1]

Having used both, I prefer the ones that hold more than a standard bucket of water. Means they can get their snouts on and have a really good gulp. It does use more water though, as we'd take the pulg out and totally empty every day.

 

[eggs]

I inherited my automatic water drinkers when we bought our house and yard. There is an assortment but my favourite and the ones that are in most of the stables are large rectangular metal with a plug at the bottom that you can remove to clean them out. They hold about a bucket and a half of water each. I did have a tap fitted to each one on the inlet pipe to that I can turn them off individually if necessary.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Definitely want one with a plug! Means i can clean it properly . I just worry about him pulling it off he really is like a toddler lol
I also want it so that he cant fiddle with the filling part of it.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Putting a water drinker in Orbis new stable, any recommendations?


Is there a better make than the other?

Does it matter if it is Stainless Steel or Plastic?

I use these and really happy with them. Nice and big too and plenty room for noses https://www.chelfordfarmsupplies.co...EVrR7zEiwNB2GpKyM1vIEJqhCKof5wtxoC190QAvD_BwE

 

[Highmileagecob]

If there is any chance of installing a guard around it, so he can't scratch his bum and knock it off the wall - do it! Don't ask me how I know this....

 

[Barton Bounty]

If there is any chance of installing a guard around it, so he can't scratch his bum and knock it off the wall - do it! Don't ask me how I know this....

experience I guess lol
Absolutely will need to build a guard round it and the water pipe!

I think it will be so much better for him because he drinks tons of water every night and it will be fresh not sitting in a bucket all night.

 

[PeterNatt]

I install the Paxton Water Drinkers and always provide a stopcock to each one so that the water can be turned off when cleaning them out.

 

[Kaylum]

Yes make sure you can turn them off as if they get ill you can see how much they are drinking and use buckets instead.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Yes mine above all have stop cock to turn off when cleaning.

 

[Barton Bounty]

He has his own water supply going into the stable at the top so that wont be a problem

 

[Cobxfan55]

The riding school has one of those the outside I saw metal Cage and the contontanier is plastic

 

[blitznbobs]

I use these and really happy with them. Nice and big too and plenty room for noses https://www.chelfordfarmsupplies.co...EVrR7zEiwNB2GpKyM1vIEJqhCKof5wtxoC190QAvD_BwE

I have these and they are the best I have found by a country mile… enough for a good drink and they have a plug as well.

ETA oh and you don’t need a stopcock with these just half a brick to stick under the ball cock!

 

[Gloi]

If there is any chance of installing a guard around it, so he can't scratch his bum and knock it off the wall - do it! Don't ask me how I know this....

Mine managed to scratch his arse on it and break it off and flood the place as the water had been squirting out of the broken pipe all night.

 

[KatieDM]

Mine always gets pooed in :/

 

[Barton Bounty]

Mine always gets pooed in :/

Mine probably will too

 

[ycbm]

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Doesn't the water run out of that?

 

[ycbm]

Mine always gets pooed in :/

Mine probably will too

Set it high, it won't stop him drinking but will stop him pooing in it.
.

 

[Cragrat]

I use these and really happy with them. Nice and big too and plenty room for noses https://www.chelfordfarmsupplies.co...EVrR7zEiwNB2GpKyM1vIEJqhCKof5wtxoC190QAvD_BwE

I also have these for 2 of the horses - I really like them. They have never frozen, hold plenty of water, fill really well, weasy to clean. I don't like the metal ones, and I don't like any of the small ones. I think they need to stuff their noses in if they want, and definitely need to be able to take a good long drink if they so wish.

 

[Surbie]

We had them in some of the stables at the RDA, but they were the small plastic ones and the horses generally didn't like them much - one was terrified of the noise it made refilling and never got used to it. Another got broken so it leaked, presumably by an itchy bottom - it happened in early spring and the flood water froze in a sheet across the yard. That was fun.

The bigger ones look much better!

 

[smolmaus]

I use these and really happy with them. Nice and big too and plenty room for noses https://www.chelfordfarmsupplies.co...EVrR7zEiwNB2GpKyM1vIEJqhCKof5wtxoC190QAvD_BwE

My new yard has ones v similar to these and I love them. Maybe this one? I cant quite see on the product page but ours have a screw fit drain rather than a "plug" which is a godsend. At the old yard it was a rubber bung which was a nightmare to remove without also pulling your own fingernails off.

 

[Nasicus]

One of mine got banned for having an auto drinker, as she somehow kept managed to throw straw in it and blocking the ball valve inside the body from rising and stopping the water. A couple flooded stables/barns later she was relegated to a bucket

 

[Exasperated]

Putting a water drinker in Orbis new stable, any recommendations?


Is there a better make than the other?

Does it matter if it is Stainless Steel or Plastic?

One man’s meat.....I took all mine out!
Don’t like ANY unnecessary projections in stables, frozen pipes, flooded stables, scrubbing the scummy bits out each day..... vet advised drinking from floor level, knowing exactly how much’s been consumed, better hygiene with clean buckets.

 

[Barton Bounty]

We will give it a bash but if i have to take it out then so be it. Orbi drinks tons of water every night

 

[Highmileagecob]

I'm lucky enough to have a stable with outside space, and a water butt that fills from rainwater. Perfect. And he gets a wet bum if he tries to scratch against it. My old 14hh cob drinks around two 40l trugs per night if the butt dries up.

 

[FieldOrnaments]

One man’s meat.....I took all mine out!
Don’t like ANY unnecessary projections in stables, frozen pipes, flooded stables, scrubbing the scummy bits out each day..... vet advised drinking from floor level, knowing exactly how much’s been consumed, better hygiene with clean buckets.

I agree with this, I think even if I win the lottery I will stick with my 14 litre black buckets in tyres because knowing how much they drink is invaluable.
Even if I do regularly slosh cold water down my boots

 

[PeterNatt]

Doesn't the water run out of that?

Sorry don't understand

 

[ycbm]

Sorry don't understand

Your photo is sideways. The water bowl appears to be attached to the ceiling.
..

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

My new yard has ones v similar to these and I love them. Maybe this one? I cant quite see on the product page but ours have a screw fit drain rather than a "plug" which is a godsend. At the old yard it was a rubber bung which was a nightmare to remove without also pulling your own fingernails off.

JFC Agri DBL Conventional Drink Bowl

400 W x 340 H x 395 D * 16ltr / 3.5 Gal large reservior capacity * Built in 25mm drain plug * Optional left or right valve fitting * 2 stainless steel mounting brackets * Capable of withstanding aggressive use * Please note: Compliance with UK water by-laws regulations require the drink bowl to...

www.griggsagri.co.uk

 

[Cragrat]

I don't really understand this idea of knowing how much your has drunk as a reason for disliking automatic drinkers.

Unless your horse is stabled 24/7, or is turned out in individual paddocks with buckets, you won't know anyway.

I can tell if mine is drinking enough by the colour of the urine, or too much by the wetness of the bed.