Pictures of my little "personal size" hay feeders

[freemotion]

I can't remember where I promised to post these pics, so here they are in their own thread....my low-waste hay feeders. I have three styles....I show the backs of the outdoor ones so you can see the bungees and the front of the indoor one. The indoor one is attached to the wall with strips of rubber roofing, and one is attached with scraps of nylon strapping. I think a metal hinge would not allow enough give. I use ball bungees on top to open it for filling. It holds one flake of hay. The purple sled holds two flakes. I don't fill the outdoor ones when there is rain or snow, as the hay gets wet (as do the goats!) and then they won't eat it.

 

[dianneS]

The last one was pretty much what I had visualized. I like that idea and I've got some extra fencing laying around.

 

[AlisonJ_SFW2]

Thanks for sharing, Freemotion!

 

[dianneS]

What breed of goat is that one in the first picture?

 

[ksalvagno]

Love your hay feeders! Always great to use what you have.

I have a bunch of hay bags from my alpaca showing days and now I'm glad to have them for the goats.

 

[freemotion]

What breed of goat is that one in the first picture?

That is my Ginger Peach, and she is 1/2 Nubian, 1/4 Alpine, and 1/4 Boer. She is our "dumb blonde" and preggers to the La Mancha in the next picture. I hope she gives her babies some ears....

 

[freemotion]

Love your hay feeders! Always great to use what you have.

I have a bunch of hay bags from my alpaca showing days and now I'm glad to have them for the goats.

I haven't tried hay bags yet....I actually cut one out of some material I had but never got it sewed up. Yet. Then I got a very expensive load of alfalfa hay in and almost cried over the waste and was trying to design a feeder using the fence scraps. I stuck the sled up against the fence to see if it would actually work, as a temporary test, and then of course saw no need to make the fancy feeder I had planned!

The sled and the cookie sheet worked so well that dad and I made a bunch of the ones in the last picture to use inside the barn, out of the rain. I still use the outside ones a lot because I can see the goats from the house that way and I really enjoy that.

 

[dianneS]

What breed of goat is that one in the first picture?

That is my Ginger Peach, and she is 1/2 Nubian, 1/4 Alpine, and 1/4 Boer. She is our "dumb blonde" and preggers to the La Mancha in the next picture. I hope she gives her babies some ears....

I was wondering, because I have a goat that looks just like her, but with horns! I was told she was an Alpine, but I don't think so. I'd be willing to be she is a cross breed too.

 

[freemotion]

Alpines have upright ears, so if they have airplane ears they are a cross. I love airplane ears!!!

 

[dianneS]

Alpines have upright ears, so if they have airplane ears they are a cross. I love airplane ears!!!

Yeah, her ears are not upright, they're airplane ears for sure. They sort of come forward, almost over her eyes, but not nearly as big as a nubian's ears.

My girl was a rescue, so I'm sure someone was just guessing at what breed she might be.