[SallyintNorth]

Thanks CW, that is BRILLIANT.
I have 2 or 3 which I kept, as they 'might be useful'. OH fed up of them, especially as plastic wrap coming away in parts and therefore they look not so nice for storing food.
 
I knew it was worth keeping them.
 
Just have to figure out a way of using bailer twine ( without loops) to keep them attached to the pens...
 
Jo

Uh... anyone know whether those bits of plastic would harm the sheep if they nibbled them off and ingested them?

[Brucklay]

If you have Tim Tyne's book there is a photo of some wooden hay racks he made. I used his design estimating sizes from the photo. Like him, I made them so they would fit over the wooden hurdles I made, also inspired by the book.

Like Dave I'm copying the expert - hoping to pick up battons from the local sawmill later today to make up 20 hurdles and 10 hayracks (i have some ply for the ends left over from a previous job) - I know what I'm doing this weekend!!

[plumseverywhere]

I have the side of an old supermarket milk trolley, looks like a hurdle but with lots of small metal squares (3cm/3cm) I have tied it to a flat back of fence and then shove hay in between! its great, no wastage with the sheep. Goats on the other hand would probably naff it up, they have haylage nets now we have no young'ns to strangle themselves and are fine. THere was a golden guernsey kid strangled itself up the road in a proper, shop bought hay stand/rack once.

[TheCaptain]

Thanks CW, that is BRILLIANT.
I have 2 or 3 which I kept, as they 'might be useful'. OH fed up of them, especially as plastic wrap coming away in parts and therefore they look not so nice for storing food.
 
I knew it was worth keeping them.
 
Just have to figure out a way of using bailer twine ( without loops) to keep them attached to the pens...
 
Jo

Uh... anyone know whether those bits of plastic would harm the sheep if they nibbled them off and ingested them?

I use zip ties all the time for a plethora of jobs around the farm. Tie what needs tieing up then snip the excess off at the base (on the side that is loose, not the locked side    ) pick up the excess that you've snipped and it leaves a nice, neat secure holding that the sheep won't bother with. Plus the stuff that ihey are made of is pretty tough so you'd have to have a pretty hugry and determined sheep that wanted to niblle through it!!!

[Foobar]

Reusable (/releasable) cable (zip) ties.  They are brill, I use them all over the place.

[colliewoman]

Good point Sally, my lot ~(sheep, goats and rabbits) have always been fine, I don't recall them ever being nibbled but best to keep a close eye on any bespoke feeding equipment

[SallyintNorth]

Thanks CW, that is BRILLIANT.
I have 2 or 3 which I kept, as they 'might be useful'. OH fed up of them, especially as plastic wrap coming away in parts and therefore they look not so nice for storing food.
 
I knew it was worth keeping them.
 
Just have to figure out a way of using bailer twine ( without loops) to keep them attached to the pens...
 
Jo

Uh... anyone know whether those bits of plastic would harm the sheep if they nibbled them off and ingested them?

I use zip ties all the time for a plethora of jobs around the farm. Tie what needs tieing up then snip the excess off at the base (on the side that is loose, not the locked side    ) pick up the excess that you've snipped and it leaves a nice, neat secure holding that the sheep won't bother with. Plus the stuff that ihey are made of is pretty tough so you'd have to have a pretty hugry and determined sheep that wanted to niblle through it!!!

I didn't mean the cable ties, Cap'n!     I meant the plastic covering on the wires of the freezer baskets!  - as nn says, these crumble and break off.

[TheCaptain]

ah, hehehe