Just a thought... but could you freeze the extra molasses and corn syrup until needed?

Don't know about adding vinegar to the water to keep it from freezing, but I can't imagine adding more than a tablespoon or so per gallon - and I doubt that would do any good. I add about that much organic apple cider vinegar to the rabbit's drinking water for the trace elements it gives them and to acidify their urine. Less odour.

I'll be watching this thread with interest to see what I can learn.

It's probably okay to put a little bit of Molasses or corn syrup into the horse feed. Just not too much--you don't want to give them a carbo overload. And remember that if you spoil them with sweet feed now, they may demand it later!

I put a couple of tablespoons of molasses in each horse's water bucket in the winter.

It helps lower the freezing temp, and they drink more cause its sweet. Gives them just a little more carbs.
Doesn't hurt. You could probably do the same for goats, sheep, etc.

When its freezing, I bring out hot water, dissolve the molasses in it according the the number of buckets I have, and then add the warm-mollasses water to each bucket.
Otherwise, I use a long ladle and just dump it in and swirl around to mix.

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The goats love the molasses water! I put about 1 cup into a gallon of water-I'll have to lower that amount as it seems I put too much based on the posts. They never did drink as much as 'the book' says they're supposed to-I think I found a way to increase their water intake during the hot months, too.

Havn't tried the horses water yet-the pond isn't frozen over, but they did seem to enjoy a little extra on their feed.

Thanks!!