Hay feeder ideas?

I'm so bad. I looked at all of the goats in the pictures and then realized I was supposed to be looking at feeders. I had to start over again until I started looking at goats again....

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Ford zoo that looks great!!! I couldn't put mine that close to the fence the three babies would be up and over the fence using that as a spring board lol. You did a great job building it though.

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My goats do not have horns, so I use cattle panels. I used to build feeders, but a simple panel works the best for me. Only my bucks can't use these because their heads are too big.
I like the panels for two reasons. First is that the goats can see around them as they eat and the oppertunistic bullies can't sneak up and smack them. Second is that they put their heads through and eat like that, rather than pulling hay through which drops half of it on the ground. Still waste, but very little.

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Nubians & Lamanchas
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Great looking herd Emily!
I tried that with thin welded wire, they made a game out of destroying it! I took about a 6ft section, made it into a tube, stood it on its end and fastened to the wall packed full of hay. Three hours later it was still attached to the wall and half full of hay, but unidentifiable.

This is all great info! Thanks for sharing girls, we will be building a second feeder (to hopefully curb some fighting) and these are great ideas!

Those pictures scan several years of my (much larger than now) goat herd. I still use the same panels for feeding, but most of those does are long gone.
Yes, I have used cattle panels and stock gates to feed hay, but welded fence is really not sturdy enough. You know goats........LOL!!

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Emily Dixon
Ozark Jewels
Nubians & Lamanchas
www.ozarkjewels.net

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i made a key hole hay feeder works great! they dont waste that much hay i wouldnt have anything else i have the plains to build it if anyone wants a copy. was very easy to build

ME! I got an old baby crib for free (an idea I got here) but can't figure out how to cut the slats big enough without them falling off. I guess I can cut the whole side out and replace it with a piece of wood with the key holes in it!

You can improvise your design to address the horn issue. Replace the cattle panel with 2"x4" wire (welded our woven). I will post pictures once I have done it.

Below is my make shift hay feeder