At 22:39:59 on 10.12.11, JaymeeLS wrote:
Has anyone got any creative/inventive ideas to prevent this happening or know of any gadgets? I had one theoretical though, but to how successful/whether it would stop the horses from drinking or be too much for them...I do not know. Since oil floats(we're talking vegetable oil for experimentations) and that's where the freezing process begins in a bucket of water...would a layer of veg. oil prevent or at least slow down the freezing process and what effect would it have on the horses? Too much oil? Stop them from wanting to drink? Just a theory...throwing it out there and seeing what everyone elses thoughts are on it! :)

At 00:47:10 on 11.12.11, JessAndGrenville123 wrote:
Someone on here last year mentioned gold fish, i use apples and tennis balls and when the horse goes for a drink the apple moves breaking the thin ice keeping water available it also encourages your horse to drink more... And i think oil would just freeze with the water but never tried it

At 16:29:12 on 14.12.11, EmandBlueX wrote:
I use tennis balls i tried an appl but mali ate it ebfore it froze so was no use ;) x

At 13:14:04 on 16.12.11, XxMagicMezziexX wrote:
Helf filling a water bottle (with the lid closed) works well in the sence that it will be easier to break the ice becuase there is a hole there. But I really don't think there is a way to stop it freezing over night, only just to make it easier to break the next day :/

At 22:55:42 on 19.12.11, bee20 wrote:
You just need a pony we used to have at our yard called Bertie, he used to put his foot in the water trough and break the ice by banging it. He was born on the New Forest so must have picked this up from the other ponies, shows how ponies learn to adapt when they have to.

At 12:38:26 on 20.12.11, chrissie wrote:
now thats funny bee20, I had a new forest pony that did that as well.! trouble is she slipped in one frosty morning & had to be cut out by our farrier.! x

At 20:51:26 on 20.12.11, bee20 wrote:
Oh dear, hope she didn't hurt herself. Yes, they do need to be careful. Bertie has been sold now so I wonder if his new owners have discovered his talents !

At 03:17:35 on 01.01.12, shadypony wrote:
holy crapper!!!! I've never seen that before!! lol. but i read in a book full of horse tips to put a larger bucket around the water bucket and stuff it with hay. As long as its not a hanging bucket... I don;t know if it works, but its worth a try!!

At 03:19:47 on 01.01.12, shadypony wrote:
that is stuff the larger bucket with hay ^^ not the actual water bucket lol

At 03:19:48 on 01.01.12, shadypony wrote:
that is stuff the larger bucket with hay ^^ not the actual water bucket lol