Sheep hay feeder

I've been away from my Blog entirely too long and hope I have not lost my readers because I do enjoy your comments and am thrilled when I can offer something helpful. Today is going to be extremely helpful for you goat owners and maybe sheep owners too. I have found a plan and have built four of these feeders for our goats. It is the most wonderful, awesome, beautiful hay and grain feeder in the world. Almost 0, yes that is a zero waste of hay. In the five plus years I have owned goats there…

We love raising sheep but finding the right hay feeder for them was tricky. Learn how to make this easy diy hay feeder that is self-feeding!

It was a busy weekend with lots of household chores and necessary paperwork (ugh). Aside from the normal weekend routine, Saturday morning we found two of my 9-month old goat kid siblings, Sweet An…

Although we are currently raising cows on our homestead, I know that most homesteads prefer to stick to the smaller livestock such as goats and sheep. It makes sense, they tend to be easier to handle in small numbers of course. I ran into this diy cattle panel hay feeder, and thought it would be

These smart Goat Hay Feeder ideas are a great addition to your goat farm. Grass can become wet and moldy if lying on the floor, so it's essential to keep your

Why our feeders please… Minimal waste. The panels prevent silage or hay from being pulled into the pen and onto the ground. Goats and sheep must work for each mouthful. Less risk of injury. Entering the pen is not required—so even children can safely feed hay and/or grain. Grain, silage and hay can all be […]

We built a new hay feeder for our sheep: 2 cattle pannels & 2 sheep gates. Us and the Sheep are very happy with the results!

Through the years we have gone through various iterations of hay feeders for our sheep. The first ones were made of leftover or scrap lumber and worked okay but were either too heavy, or allowed too much hay chaff to get into our fleeces. We tore them apart and rebuilt them a few times but finally scrapped them altogether and came up with a new design. These feeders are great and work well for us. They have a nice deep tray for the hay to sit in while the sheep are sifting through to eat the…