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water for cattle

  • 09-02-2011 10:33am
    #1
    jag con
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    Hi all one of the fields were putting cattle into does not have any water and the field is away from the rest of the farm so my question is im thinking of putting a water tank into the field and fill it up with water every so often and let it fill with rain water, Will this surfice for a couple of cattle?

    Any advice for me

    JC


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  • #2
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    jag con wrote: »
    Hi all one of the fields were putting cattle into does not have any water and the field is away from the rest of the farm so my question is im thinking of putting a water tank into the field and fill it up with water every so often and let it fill with rain water, Will this surfice for a couple of cattle?

    Any advice for me

    JC

    Yes it will. IBC 1000l tanks can be very easily set up with a drinker and are easy to mount on wheels with a drawbar.

    Another option is to get a digger in. Dig a small hole down as far as the digger will reach (20ft if possible) in the lowest point of the field (in the drain if possible. Put a base of crushed stone in the bottom and put concrete pipes standing on their ends the whole way to the top and drill a few holes in each pipe as you put it in.(Or even better use the JFC Polypipe) Fill in around it and you have your own well that should never run dry (unless we get 3 months of dry weather this summer. Cast a concrete lid on top of it and drill a few holes in it too to let water down. Set up a pasture pump on it then and you have water there for life.
    I did it in 1 field last year and had water in the driest of summer weather.


  • #3
    jag con
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 884 ✭✭✭jag con


    reilig wrote: »
    Yes it will. IBC 1000l tanks can be very easily set up with a drinker and are easy to mount on wheels with a drawbar.

    Another option is to get a digger in. Dig a small hole down as far as the digger will reach (20ft if possible) in the lowest point of the field (in the drain if possible. Put a base of crushed stone in the bottom and put concrete pipes standing on their ends the whole way to the top and drill a few holes in each pipe as you put it in.(Or even better use the JFC Polypipe) Fill in around it and you have your own well that should never run dry (unless we get 3 months of dry weather this summer. Cast a concrete lid on top of it and drill a few holes in it too to let water down. Set up a pasture pump on it then and you have water there for life.
    I did it in 1 field last year and had water in the driest of summer weather.

    Thanks Reilig sorry a stupid question what is IBC


  • #4
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    jag con wrote: »
    Thanks Reilig sorry a stupid question what is IBC

    Its one of those 1000 litre plastic storage tanks in the metal cage.


  • #5
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    reilig wrote: »
    Yes it will. IBC 1000l tanks can be very easily set up with a drinker and are easy to mount on wheels with a drawbar.

    Another option is to get a digger in. Dig a small hole down as far as the digger will reach (20ft if possible) in the lowest point of the field (in the drain if possible. Put a base of crushed stone in the bottom and put concrete pipes standing on their ends the whole way to the top and drill a few holes in each pipe as you put it in.(Or even better use the JFC Polypipe) Fill in around it and you have your own well that should never run dry (unless we get 3 months of dry weather this summer. Cast a concrete lid on top of it and drill a few holes in it too to let water down. Set up a pasture pump on it then and you have water there for life.
    I did it in 1 field last year and had water in the driest of summer weather.

    Sounds like an excellent idea, along the lines of old wells you'd see. I'd imagine it would work particularly well if you knew there was a spring underneath.

    What would you reckon would be the daily limit you could draw off such a well? Or I'll put it another way, how many cows would it supply?


  • #6
    reilig
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    just do it wrote: »
    Sounds like an excellent idea, along the lines of old wells you'd see. I'd imagine it would work particularly well if you knew there was a spring underneath.

    What would you reckon would be the daily limit you could draw off such a well? Or I'll put it another way, how many cows would it supply?

    Mine serves 6 acres which is cut off from the farm block. At most, there would be 10 cows and 10 calves there at any 1 time. Mine is down almost 30ft. There's always water in the pasture pump.


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  • #7
    Sundy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭Sundy


    reilig wrote: »
    Yes it will. IBC 1000l tanks can be very easily set up with a drinker and are easy to mount on wheels with a drawbar.

    Another option is to get a digger in. Dig a small hole down as far as the digger will reach (20ft if possible) in the lowest point of the field (in the drain if possible. Put a base of crushed stone in the bottom and put concrete pipes standing on their ends the whole way to the top and drill a few holes in each pipe as you put it in.(Or even better use the JFC Polypipe) Fill in around it and you have your own well that should never run dry (unless we get 3 months of dry weather this summer. Cast a concrete lid on top of it and drill a few holes in it too to let water down. Set up a pasture pump on it then and you have water there for life.
    I did it in 1 field last year and had water in the driest of summer weather.
    This doesnt seem like too bad of an idea but all depends on the water table in your area. If your ground is sand and gravel it might not work.


  • #8
    just do it
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 ✭✭✭just do it


    Sundy wrote: »
    This doesnt seem like too bad of an idea but all depends on the water table in your area. If your ground is sand and gravel it might not work.

    Oh to have land like that!!
    No fear with me I'm afraid. The spot I'm thinking of has a spring underneath. Just uphill from the new slatted shed. When we dug out the tank it kept flooding so we had to open a drain to keep the water flowing away. Luckily an open land drain was only 30m away, further downhill!


  • #9
    Muckit
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    reilig wrote: »
    Set up a pasture pump on it then and you have water there for life.
    I did it in 1 field last year and had water in the driest of summer weather.

    Hi reilig

    How do you find your pump? Is it one of the manual ones that they pump with their nose? How do calves fair out?

    The oul lad used one years ago, came across it in the back of one of the sheds last week.


  • #10
    reilig
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Hi reilig

    How do you find your pump? Is it one of the manual ones that they pump with their nose? How do calves fair out?

    The oul lad used one years ago, came across it in the back of one of the sheds last week.

    The old man bought it a couple of years ago from spaldings in Athlone for around €250 I think. It has never given a problem - although I do take it in for the winter so that the frost doesn't split it. Its one of the manual ones that has to be pumped. Calves work it fine - takes a little while to get used to it at first but after than no problem.


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