waterers freezing in Ukraine

vera (vera@mail.dnepr.net)
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 07:52:45 +0300

We are raising pigs outdoors (1,700 with 150 of these sows) and intend
to increase the ehrd to 5,000 over time.
We are raising Holstein dairy cows with the intention to increase to
2010 milking cows ( we have 5 groups of 50 Holstein each today ) We keep
our dairy in free stalls .

We have not solved the problem of how to keep the water in the
waterers from freezing in the hoop shelters for the pigs and the free
stall barns for the dairy.

Our temperatures drop to minus 34 degrees.

Please make suggestions. Please provide contact numbers for
manufacturers ( 800 telephone numbers do not work here in Ukraine ) of
waterers that will work in freezing temperatures or share with us your
makeshift approaches to keeping water in the waterers from freezing

The dairy are kept in groups of 50 therefore a waterer of a size to
satisfy the drinking needs of 50 Hosltein is desirable.

We are still experimenting with numbers of pigs that we intend to
group so variants on waterer sizes will be needed.

Thank-you,
Nila Martyniuk
MAJSKOYE FARM
Ukraine
380 562 37 04 47

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