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12/10/12, 04:31 PM
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Hay Feeder/Manger
Anyone here built your own? If so, do you have pics, so can steal your ideas?
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12/10/12, 06:14 PM
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our feeder for the boys. the feeder is inside the hay shed so we can feed without going inside the pen.
The opening for the goats to eat. We put 2 strips of wood on and it makes for 3 openings.
Looking down from top
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We also have a small one on the gate to the kidding stall.
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12/10/12, 09:21 PM
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i did this right, here is one, the roof lifts up on hindges for filling. I origionally put some left over welded wire on the face of it, but the boys have destroyed that. There is a step in front so they step up to eat.
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12/10/12, 09:28 PM
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Here is another, before a top got put on it, made from scrap lumber. The wasted hay on the ground is from before they had a feeder. And yes, the little barn is actually leaning...
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12/10/12, 09:41 PM
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I've got an old thread here with a pic of a homemade one I cobbled together in an hour or two using a some short hedge branches and a wasted bent up section of cattle panel. I can't figure out to repost the pic using my iPad.
It is very primitive but very effective. Imagine a 5'x6' frame about 4' off the ground with a cattle panel bent into a U shape to hold a large round bale. The last bale I put on was in August. 14 goats have eaten about 75% of it. They gnaw on the hay mostly out of boredom. They have a large 40 acre area to browse, but I could get by without restocking hay for a long time with that rig even if it were their primary food.
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12/10/12, 09:51 PM
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I use large round bales, and put sections of cattle panels around them
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Last edited by Bearfootfarm; 12/10/12 at 10:00 PM.
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12/10/12, 10:02 PM
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12/10/12, 11:06 PM
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Awesome! Thanks for the photos! I appreciate the help!
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12/11/12, 08:24 AM
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Not sure it's visible in this pic but I have a row of keyholes with feed boxes and then on the opposite side I have hay feeders with keyholes.
The feed box keyholes you can lock their heads in for mass vaccinations or hoof trimming.
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12/11/12, 08:41 AM
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http://www.doversaddlery.com/small-m...3/#ProductTabs
It's not really a manger or hay rack, but I feed my hay in the small mesh haynets for horses. Each one holds about 1/3 of a square bale. I sort of fold the net over the bale section so it loads really easily (way easier than trying to stuff the hay in through the top of the net). Then I hang it over the fence with a double ended snap so it is off the ground. I paid about $10 each for the nets and they work great for us. Still some hay on the ground, but no more than with any other good feeder. But it has to be the small mesh nets, the regular sized mesh (bigger holes) are useless. This shows a higher price but they go on sale pretty regularly. I can't remember if I have the regular size ones or the bigger ones, but they work great. I use them for the horses too, to slow down their eating.
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12/11/12, 08:54 AM
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12/11/12, 09:00 AM
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Hay Feeder: George always has to do it his way:
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12/11/12, 09:01 AM
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12/11/12, 09:18 AM
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I also made these hay bags out of old jeans. fill and just clip to the fence. saves alot of wasted hay. I have to replace the strap occasionally from wear but have been using them for a year and have been very happy with them.
 I have made the holes smaller so they can only get their noses in now.
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12/11/12, 10:10 AM
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I use a trash can with a hole cut out on the bottom and screw it to the wall.
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12/11/12, 04:37 PM
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i use this and it works great! doesnt waste much hay either !
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12/11/12, 04:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bearfootfarm
I use large round bales, and put sections of cattle panels around them
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curious as to why you dont put the bale on its end? I do and they waste less and its easier to tarp but for fear of it collapsing I've never tried it that way.
I use the panel but I also have had many attempts at building the perfect feeder, the V feeder are great but only if you can do the shelf at the bottom.
Another word of caution, those hay nets the poster posted are great but those with larger holes have killed more than their fair share of goats.
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12/11/12, 05:20 PM
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curious as to why you dont put the bale on its end?
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Water soaks in more if they are standing on end, and my Hay Spear won't pick them up that way.
I tie a piece of plywood across the top when it's rainy.
It can't be seen, but it's sitting on a pallet too so it's off the ground
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12/11/12, 07:53 PM
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Ive never noticed it soaking up but we also keep it on a pallet but its one with very close spacing so maybe thats why, of course a bale only last right at 2 weeks for us and we have been in drought conditions for ages.
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we will be adding a new breed in the spring
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12/11/12, 09:07 PM
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Blue Run Farm, I would LOVE to use a net. I have my goats in a pasture with a Halflinger mare who struggles with her weight. I have read on this forum that goats can get caught up in nets. What to do, what to do?
Daryl in Maine
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