Water for the Heifers

One of my new jobs on the farm is taking water to our heifers.  They actually have two sources of water; a tank that has a water pipe run to it and three small plastic tanks that are about a couple of miles away.  Since the automatic tank would be such a long walk from the good pasture we haul water to the heifers everyday. 

It is important to not force your cattle to walk to far as this will make them burn off all the good feed they are consuming.  Bigger heifers are worth more than smaller ones.  Think of it like the reverse of every diet book you've ever read...

The heifers are a little scared of people still and they stand as far away from the water truck as they can.  Unless they think they can sneak a drink.

After you fill the tanks you have a whole herd of happy customers:

-Rancher Ryan