Getting Water to the Herd
28 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
Ever seen one of these lovely red and yellow plastic thingys sitting out in a pasture? It’s called a Ritchie, and it’s how farmers get water to their animals. I can tell you they are both incredibly handy and incredibly expensive. They are plumbed underground directly from a water source which, in our case, is our well. They need to be installed on a concrete pad. We keep concrete blocks next to it so our wee ones can reach the water. The Ritchie has a white plastic float that the sheep and goats push down with their noses to reach the water. The dogs don’t quite get the hang of it so we keep a tub of water for them. In the winter, the dogs’ water freezes but the Ritchie never does.
