I raised Durocs for a few years on a small scale. Tried to keep their watering trough clean but as soon as I'd fill it they would come over, straddle it and pee.
Got the bright idea to put a nose activated demand waterer on one of the posts. Located it such that it would be where the hogs could easily reach it with their noses. Capacity of the bowl was maybe 6 oz to give you an idea as to it's size.
Didn't take them long to figure out that if you butt it with your nose the bowl would fill with water and you could have your drink.
Wasn't long after the installation I was walking up to the pen and lo and behold, one of them was backing up to the thing and did what they did to the trough. I couldn't believe my eyes and I assure you I didn't like what I saw.
Must be something to flavoring the water because mine only wanted theirs flavored.
While on the subject I usually fed Farley's Show Gilt corn ration. One year I thought I'd save some feed expense and fed them Milo and no corn.
Guarantee you Milo will not produce the quality of meat that corn will. Never did that again.
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