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[RC] Making sure horses drink enough in winter - Kristi Schaaf

What gets my three boys to drink gallons and gallons
of water in the winter (on top of their regular
drinking from the water trough) is that I have a hubby
willing to carry 15 gallons of warm/hot water mixed
with about a 1/2 cup of organic black strap molasses
from the house to the paddock every evening (only
about 50 feet so he's a great guy for doing it, but
not a super-hero..he he he). There's not enough
molasses in it to give the boys a sugar high or
anything, but it does apparently have a strong smell
attractive enough that they'll fight over the tub of
warm molasses water like wolves over a fresh deer. I
have to play referee to make sure that all three do
get their share. The nights that hubby is reffing
basketball and there's no warm water to be had, I get
very dirty looks from the horses (a bad back prevents
me from lugging 5 gallon buckets out there myself). 

Kristi

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