Thursday, May 30, 2019

Portable Water

One of the problems we have is taking advantage of forage that is not fenced and has no water supply. The electric net fence solves the former problem; providing water to the sheep is more problematic. Using a float valve plumbed to a 55 gallon drum was marginal.   The water drained out of the tank slowly through the float valve with not much pressure behind it. The sheep drank the water faster than it was delivered.


I scraped that solution and started using the fire control water tank that I built earlier with 2 55-gallon drums and an on demand electric water pump.  So, each morning and evening, when I feed the dogs, I fill up the 11 supplement tub containers set out along the fence. So far this has provided plenty of water for the sheep, with multiple access points for drinking.


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