February 28, 2010 10:06AM
I amy have asked this question in the past so bare with me ....
I am wondering if anyone has a water softener and or conditioner where the water has not been diverted from the barn water..... how safe do you think it is if the horses drink the softened water.... when we moved in 6 years ago I shut the whole system down because I was not sure of the effect of the added salt to the horses water would do any harm. I am not sick and tired of hard water stain and the fact that the scale is building up on all fixtures that have just recently been replaced..... If any of you have experience with this I would love to hear how you either got around it or if you did not bother diverting from the troughs at all. We do not have a separate water system for the barn and I am not prepared to go to that length to avoid it.
Any SUggestions.
Stoney.
I am wondering if anyone has a water softener and or conditioner where the water has not been diverted from the barn water..... how safe do you think it is if the horses drink the softened water.... when we moved in 6 years ago I shut the whole system down because I was not sure of the effect of the added salt to the horses water would do any harm. I am not sick and tired of hard water stain and the fact that the scale is building up on all fixtures that have just recently been replaced..... If any of you have experience with this I would love to hear how you either got around it or if you did not bother diverting from the troughs at all. We do not have a separate water system for the barn and I am not prepared to go to that length to avoid it.
Any SUggestions.
Stoney.
