Soaking feed in field in winter

[bouncing_ball]

Soaking feed in field in winter

Anyone got a clever idea?

Suggestions for ways to soak 20litres of feed securely and without it freezing in a field?

I can carry the dry feed and 5 litres of boiling water by hand. I use a further 10 litres of trough water.
I will sometimes leave to soak whilst I ride, and other times leave to soak overnight.

I wondered about a bucket within a bucket? I need a 20 litre container for the soaking.

Or a bucket within a dustbin. Needs to stay warm, and be animal proof. I could put hot water bottles / heated bean bags in with the bucket, inside an airtight container?

e.g.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/20-5l-Bucke...585281&sr=8-2&keywords=nappy+bucket+20+litres

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1ASWNAU0TXDRU

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00B3Y8G4O/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1ASWNAU0TXDRU

I don’t think can just soak it in bucket as other animals may eat it and may freeze. What do others do? Is there a clever, secure, frost proof way of soaking feed? I could set it soaking the day before, with water from a thermos.

http://www.jbpackaging.co.uk/insulated-carry-boxes/large-polystyrene-cool-box.html

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001MX9D6G/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AIFER798OXQ2K


Thoughts?

 

[Pamfyson]

Large cold box??

 

[3OldPonies]

Make your big bucket a jacket out of plastic feed sacks filled with poo from your muck heap and tie them round it, making sure the pooey filled bits reach right to the top of the bucket. Sounds a bit odd I know but poo sacks make excellent insulators. Your could also fill one and put on the top as well, cold falls to the ground so insulating the top of the bucket as well makes sense.

The pipe to my one and only tap has a poo jacket and that coupled with a couple of small warm poo bags (from the heap, not fresh from the horse) over the tap stopped both freezing even so much as once last winter.

It's an old trick that was given to me by a chap in his late 70s who has worked on farms all his life.

 

[stencilface]

Dustbin filled with polystyrene chunks and or bubble wrap (anything insulating) bucket inside then soak. Cover top with a towel and then up lid on.