Hay management

Can you guys post pictures of the hay feeders that don't waste hay? Right now I'm using a Laundry basket. :] Your saying... ahhh there lies the problem.

This garbage can style works good for my 3 mini's...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47b7...D550/ry%3D400/

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The hay does not have to be turned to compost, it just takes a little longer to do so. It will rot in whatever form or state its in. This is the nature of all organic things. If you spread it out you could plant in it and whatever you plant will grow as its now fertilizer. It also doesn't have to be turned into the soil to do its magic. I plant directly into the old hay/bedding and my veggies grow very well. Much better than if planted into the hard bedpan clay under it.

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The garbage cans .... how cool!!! and how inexpensive. Thanks for showing me this. It is ingenious. Did you come up with this yourself.

yes...I am a genius LOL!! no. I got the idea from this forum...I'll try to find the thread

here it is! DIY: Hay Feeder

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Here is another one with pictures...
Trashcan hay feeder

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My neighbors let their three horses run on part of our land. I feed it to them.

Ok I'll bite. Out here the horse people are the most anal about the quality of their hay.

Why would hay thats no longer fit for the goats still be good enough for the horses?

IMHO if its still good enough for a horse, I would sure as heck make a goat finish it.

My goats don't eat the stems on alfalfa...horses love them. I am one of those anal horse people My goats are more picky about hay than the horses...The grass hay is high quality mixture and some of stiffer parts gets skipped...and some of the really fine grasses too. They would probably eat it eventually, but I like to keep things moving.

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No disrespect intended. Apparantly horses just can't take any mold in their feed.

I don't think molds are good for any animal although humans can handle some specific ones.

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There's no reason to burn it because of mold, unless you don't have any kind of garden or a single flower bed. It's still perfectly fine for compost or mulch. Although it's an old cowboy trick here in TX to set a damp bale on fire to smoke out mosquitoes. Horses will stand in the smoke at night.

Madfarmer

Because my goats free range the property I can't have any moldy hay on the property...So I burn it. I don't run into too much though because I buy good hay and store it properly...sometimes just the bottom bale on an edge might be suspicious...so off it goes.

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