Handy Hints
May 10 2021 03:41 PM

Calves can’t chew on this hose

By Hoard's Dairyman staff


Our calves kept chewing through the hose that supplied water to our waterer. We took a piece of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing and slid it over the hose. Now the calves can’t chew on it.

Boaz Wipf, South Dakota

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