Hay feeder for sheep

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…

Today was project day. I decided to go with a somewhat covered, outdoor hay rack. My total cost was under $30, including the new 2x4s I just bought for...

When it comes to feeding our livestock on the homestead we have been become very innovative, if I should say so myself. We are always looking for solutions that will help us conserve the feed. Remember the diy plastic drum goat hay feeder as well at the diy old futton hay feeder. The hubby recently

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…

Come see How to Build a Wall Mount Hay Feeder! We're getting ready for our 1st winter with the sheep! Check out this easy inexpensive build!

Round bale feeder

Elizabeth from the blog "Ohiothoughts" in collaboration with 1001Pallets shares how to quickly make an easy-to-build Pallet Hay Feeder using one single

Learn how to build an inexpensive DIY hay feeder designed to store hay for your goats and sheep, giving easy access for all.