Suby2
Well-Known Member
Does anyone have a way of soaking hay without access to a tap or hose? We just have a self filling trough.
Soaking hay query
- Thread starter Suby2
- Start date
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
You could ladle buckets of water from the water trough into your black bin, water butt or whatever you are going to use for the hay soaking.
Sounds like rather hard work but it could be done!
Sounds like rather hard work but it could be done!
LittleCob
Member
hmmm if the container you want to fill with water is lower than the trough, you could siphon it out?? (I've never done this so can't give any practical advise).
http://www.wikihow.com/Siphon-Water
http://www.wikihow.com/Siphon-Water
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Ah ha, the siphoning trick! I used to do that when changing the water in the fish tank. I usually ended up with a mouthful of aquarium water as part of the process, but it does work, albeit rather slowly.
holeymoley
Well-Known Member
Leave an upright bin or two out under a gutter or just out in the rain for it to collect water.
Slightly Foxed
Well-Known Member
Are you soaking to dampen dust or get rid of calories? If the former, it might be easier to change to haylage.
ILuvCowparsely
Well-Known Member
- Have you got stables with guttering to catch rain water in a water butt?
- method 2 get a plasters bath and use a water bucket in trough to scoop water into bath and put hay in
- tap into neighboring water supply
- ask water board if you can get a branch pipe from the mains to enable a tap at the premises
Last edited:
paddy555
Well-Known Member
how does the water get into your trough? If it goes through a plastic pipe the just cut into the pipe before it goes into the trough and put a "T" fitting in with a length of hose/pipe and a tap on the end.
Suby2
Well-Known Member
The water trough has a ball cock in an enclosed section.
The reason for soaking is because pony has RAO and had mild laminitis for the first time this year (also is on Prascend for Cushings). So, haylage is good for the RAO but bad for the laminitis! She lives out 24/7 and I am currently trying to reduce her weight for health reasons.
There are no buildings other than the field shelter on the far side of the field and I doubt the field owner would agree to a tap being installed but that is an option worth looking in to.
Thank you for the ideas.
The reason for soaking is because pony has RAO and had mild laminitis for the first time this year (also is on Prascend for Cushings). So, haylage is good for the RAO but bad for the laminitis! She lives out 24/7 and I am currently trying to reduce her weight for health reasons.
There are no buildings other than the field shelter on the far side of the field and I doubt the field owner would agree to a tap being installed but that is an option worth looking in to.
Thank you for the ideas.
dalidaydream
Well-Known Member
Could you possibly soak the hay at home, drain it and then transport it to the field in a giant trug?