Diy cattle feeder

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…

Inexpensive Feed Trough - might be able to double as a duck pond? Or make a run or moat of these?

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

Although I tend not to talk a lot about them, we actually do have 2 cows as part of our family. I may have briefly mentioned that when in the posts on homemade teat wash for cows and also how to raise cows for beef. Any who, in today's post we shall be looking at

Panel features adjustable cut down bar that is set to only allow the smaller calves through keeping out larger cows out.

'Are you still feeding your goats on the ground, letting them waste that valuable hay all the while ingesting whatever worm eggs, diseases and infections that may be present? Well here is a very good and inexpensive goat feeder that you can build in less than a day for under $25 in most circumstances! I know that many of you, men and women alike have a hard time building things. The way I have designed this feeder and drafted the plans should have you easily tackling and completing the job…