You might have thought you were going to read about a boat outing on the lake with the title of this post but when we "chop water" around here, we usually mean ice. It's great that we can keep the cows out on stalks or dry pasture for a few months of winter grazing but along with colder temperatures comes water supply issues. Most of these areas don't have electricity to keep a tank heater going so we are generally left with one option.... Chopping lots of ice!!
It's a great workout and we check tanks at least once or twice a day to make sure the cattle can get plenty of fresh water. Often times they break it themselves but if it is too thick, we have to use an axe. They are very patient to wait their turn at the tank once we open it up for them! Just another "life on the farm" that gets us some quality time with our kids! And there may or may not be some snowball fights involved if time allows!
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