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Re: [RC] Water trough Mystery - Roxanne Ciccone

My first guess would be it has a leak!



-----Original Message-----
From: melanie.o@xxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Jun 29, 2007 2:01 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Water trough Mystery

Fellow Ridecampers:
 
I'm hoping someone can help me solve a mystery.  I have a 90 gallon water trough for two horses and the last few days I have gone out at night to feed and found the thing DRY.  I can't figure out where the water is going because I can't imagine that, even in this heat (95-ish), two horses could drink 90 gallons of water in less than 12 hours!
 
Here are the variables:
The pump went out on the well, so I recently switched to house water.  I suspect it tastes better.
I fixed the trough with a wooden frame so that it can't get tipped over.
I removed the hose after filling in case it was backflowing and creating a suction.
I saw the chickens drinking out of it, but 3 chickens shouldn't be able to hold that much water either!  No other critter has access to that trough (that I know of).
Neither horse is working hard.
All last summer I never had the thing go dry in less than 24 hrs. with the same two horses
 
Everyone put your Nancy Drew cap on and please help me solve this mystery!
 
melanie
 

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