Drinking Buckets For Horses
July 1, 2009 – 5:18 pmA study was carried out to test whether horses preferred drinking from buckets, a pressure valve bowl (where the horses have to push a plate to get water) or a float valve bowl (where the water automatically refills when it dips below a certain level).
The findings were that horses universally prefer to drink from a bucket, probably as it is easier to get to, had a greater diameter and was the closest to resemble their drinking habits in the wild. Not only that, but when restricted to the two automatic watering systems, it was found the horses spent more time using them to drink, yet got less water, causing an overall loss of body fluids.
So if your horse has an automatic watering system, it might pay to supplement this with a plain old bucket of water, especially during a hot spell or after exercise.
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