Diy covered hay feeder for horses

For those of you who feed round bale hay know, the hardest part is keeping the bale dry so it doesn’t mold before the animals have time to finish eating it. Rain and warm air can destroy a …

Let’s talk slow feeders. I believe horses should have free choice hay 24/7; but if you have a lot of horses (or even just a few horses), that can be a lot of money. Enter the slow feeder. …

Having a goat feeder that wastes as little hay as possible is so important! Read more on How to Build a Goat Feeder Using Pallets

Build your own hay feeder... 6x6

We have used NibbleNet brand hay feeders since the Fall of 2012. Over the years, we have hung them in stalls, hung them on trees, and used them on the ground. When the horses were barefoot, it was …

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Horse Hay Feeder Made From A Few Bits Of Wood And A 1 Ton Sand Bag Used, discarded 1 ton sand bags are everywhere, on every building site, and make ideal hay feeders. Simply make a frame and hang the sand bag over the posts. The one above has been in service now for 2 years, with the same bag. You can lower a rail on one side if you are feeding horses of different heights.

Since we got a tractor and can actually move a round bale without use of PVC pipe as rollers and only the strength of Chuck's back, he has been experimenting with making hay feeders. He's made some pretty good feeders for grass hay by the flake, and a commercial horse feeder works fine for the lespedeza because the large openings between the bars work fine with the tightly packed lespedeza stems. The round bales were a challenge, though. How to make a feeder the goats could get the hay out…

To reduce waste, you can build a hay feeder for almost nothing; just some nails, a pallet, sweat and ingenuity, as we will show you here.

Round bale feeder

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