Drinkers in slatted unit

happylad

Hi everyone,

I am putting new drinker bowels (see attached) into the slatted house and was just wondering what heights do you put them in at. I was thinking around the 28inch mark or 700mm of the floor. They are for cows and yearlings.

Any advice would be great

Thank

PoorFarmer

I stripped mine out last weekend to do a few repairs. They were all at a little below hip height so I'd guess 650 to 700 off the floor. If they were on the roof they will still sh1t in them :-)

That's a good strong looking drinker. Where did you pick them up? In the market for a few new ones. Is there a drain or a tip to clean them out?

happylad

Poor farmer thanks for getting back to me. I got it from the glanbia website. It's down as a heavy duty drinker. Fine strong unit. Think its made by condon eng. It's got a fine big drain plug on it. We have the lac 55 drinkers already. Fine unit too but we find the cows spill a lot of water out of them. We will put them in the calf pens.

Ya no matter what height they go at I'd say theyll still crap in them..lol

Muckit

Tell them to fork in a bit of silage and then f**k off. It's not a pub!

Sorry haven't read any posts just guessing l could be way off!

patsy_mccabe

Guy on Donedeal with stainless tip over ones. Look good. No price shown.
https://www.donedeal.ie/beefcattle-for-sale/tip-over-stainless-steel-drinker-for-beef-cattle/22615072