I agree about the bucket heaters (I hate automatic waterers in stalls btw, too, but because you can't tell how much they are drinking) We used to go through three or four times day and add hot water to the buckets. The horses loved it, and indeed would slurp that warm water down, they grew to look forward to it.
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