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Question for folks in the Frozen North, how often do you horses have access to water?

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Griz
Reg. Sep 2003
Posted 2014-02-08 9:42 AM
Subject: RE: Question for folks in the Frozen North, how often do you horses have access to water?


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 I have tank heaters and of course one quit working when the highs were only in the single digits this week. I have a heated 35 gallon bucket so I started carrying water fron the house to it by buckets. Even though I always drain my hoses, the ends just broke off in the cold. I honestly don't know how you guys up north function.
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rollingrfarm
Reg. Apr 2005
Posted 2014-02-08 9:47 AM
Subject: RE: Question for folks in the Frozen North, how often do you horses have access to water?



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cheryl makofka - 2014-02-07 7:41 PM
rollingrfarm - 2014-02-07 2:27 PM Thanks, that's all very interesting.  I figured that eating snow would make them cold and cause them to burn more calories. 



Thanks for the reminder to go get more salt...



Everyone keep warm! 
Pouring the salt to the horse can cause an electrolyte imbalance

Yep, that's right.
Which is why I just add a small amount.

Too much of anything is rarely good, and I never "pour the salt to them" even in hot weather. 
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cheryl makofka
Reg. Jan 2011
Posted 2014-02-08 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: Question for folks in the Frozen North, how often do you horses have access to water?


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ndiehl - 2014-02-07 8:14 PM

cheryl makofka - 2014-02-07 7:45 PM

ndiehl - 2014-02-07 4:35 PM

redmansmyman11 - 2014-02-07 4:08 PM

My boy has a 25 gallon tank and I haul out a bucket of the hottest water I can get from my faucet first thing in the morning, before class, around 2, again at 5-6, and finally another set of hot water buckets around 10:30 to 11:00 when I go to bed.

I scoop out 1-2 buckets of the ice and frozen water and replace with the hot. Figure he's the only one I have with me now and he's 50 feet from my back door it won't kill me to make sure he has water 85% of the day/night.

Unless your using the hot to help break ice up save the hot water. It actually freezes faster then cold does.

Please show the research, I have heard this but it does not make any logical sense, due to it takes more energy loss to drop a 40 degree temp to 32 degree temp, then 32 degree liquid to 32 degree ice.

http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/hot_water.html


I read the link and 70 c will not freeze before 30 c until the hot water has reached 30 then it would freeze faster. This also didn't happen everytime this experiment was conducted.
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