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NNW Nebraska | 2 cows can drink as fast as a garden Hose runs.
I would never consider a colbert with 100 head expected to drink out of one.
My brother runs about 400 calves to a pen. He uses 20 ft stock tanks with overflows. Provides water with a pump on a timer. Pump fills two of those tanks. Pump is off at night. Timer set to have tanks full shortly after calves sre fed, which takes hours. By afternoon tsnks sre full again. Sets timer so tanks overflow limited amount. Never has to deal with frozen water. Calves drink tanks down quite a way before freezing at nignt. Seldom gets below 20 below F here.
He has a freind that runs similar sized groups on concrete waters, 2 to a pen. Does not get as good of gains with almost idenical rations.
If cattle have to fight to get a drink, they will not drink as much.
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Cobett waterers
