Ingenious!!! Way to repurpose items on your property.

Great stuff JA and Steve. About 20yrs ago, a bloke I knew had the exact same setup for his vegetable hydroponic system. I now know it as deep water culture. We run the same system in our cattle trough (bathtub) only it’s just the float ball valve. Just remember to protect it with something so the cattle don’t break it. We all know to well how cattle like to nose and rub stuff. Because we had old solid fence mesh (2.5x1.5) on hand, we bent that to go over and protect the valve🍺🍺

@SweeniesCreekFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's not quite finished yet. We kept the surround around the cistern to protect the ball float and valve. Just need to protect the pipe going into it. Only saving grace is that it is against our electric fence and they don't go near the pipe at the back or WHACK!

Thank you for sharing, I pray that God blesses you today! Hugs and love to you and your family. 💖✝🤗 Have a beautiful and blessed week. God Bless 💖✝🤗

Use what you have!

Very Cool Idea !!!

Nice and thanks for sharing 😁

Not what I was expecting Steve. We yanks call that a bathtub. 🤣 But then I saw the toilet bowl and asked what????That's a great idea. That will work well. Nice work folks!! - Rick

That’s very CLEVER! You got it all figured out my good FRIEND!

Thanks for picking up our channel! We have been fans of yours for a bit.

Great idea

The good old bath tub watering trough , these would also have to be another Australian icon right up next to the good old hills hoist clothes line . Great work guys . Loved it 🥰 Hello and good morning from The Whitsundays, Queensland

Great idea and love the thinking out of the box. This would be great anywhere in the world.

New here, that's a great way to install an automatic waterer while saving money. Use what you have on hand. I hope you have a great day, and hope to see you around.

That's a great idea😁☺

🤣🤣🤣 From the title alone. Super clever! I'm not 100% certain it will stand the test of time with cattle, but I have my fingers crossed.

@SweeniesCreekFarm

2 жыл бұрын

So far so good. It's been in there for months now just floating around. We just decided to secure it when mister bull flicked it out!! The float is protected from mischief from the surround 🙂

Hey cool idea

What a great way to go about it. Excellent idea guys.

What a really cool idea! You guys are the masters at repurposing! I love it! Great video guys!! I may just have to steal this idea!

That's pretty cool

What a great idea!👍

Can I ask about the plug. We couldn’t get a good enough seal on ours and it kept leaking and we tried lots. Ended up using silicone to secure it. Now cleaning the bath trough is a little more labour intensive than I’d like.

@SweeniesCreekFarm

Жыл бұрын

We actually got a screw on cap to attach to the bottom of the pipe coming out the bottom. It made emptying and cleaning easier. We didn't use the plug. Hope that helps?

What a great idea! I kept my old cast iron bathtub when I had my shower/tub combo turned into a walk in shower, old age and bad knees made it very hard to get in and out of the tub the shower was much easier and safer for me. And I planned to use the bathtub exactly as your using yours, outside in the yard for the critters. I had planned to just fill it every few days with fresh water from the hose, the sicko is only about 5 ft. From where I plan to put the bathtub. I notice your using a brick at the drain end, does it keep the water in? Or does it leak out I planned to use a regular rubber tub stopper.

@SweeniesCreekFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hi. There is actually a pipe coming out of the bottom of the bath that we capped off with PVC that can be removed when we need to empty. That is what Stephen was doing when the water came out in the video. We put a plug in the top also just incase the pvc broke and the brick was to stop the cows from trying to eat the plug. I don't think they would put their head in that far though. Not sure they could hold their breath that long 🤔

Do you do hoove care yourself on the farm?

@SweeniesCreekFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, not currently. We are still learning that skill. Great thing with this breed is that don't require much if at all.

@1313MockingbirdLane

2 жыл бұрын

@@SweeniesCreekFarm Yes, I've been watching some videos it seems pretty labor intensive.

Great idea