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Smallholding => Techniques and skills => Topic started by: OhLaLa on January 31, 2011, 02:35:04 pm

Title: Make a covered hay rack/feeder - here's how.....
Post by: OhLaLa on January 31, 2011, 02:35:04 pm

I was looking for a Hay Hutch for the sheep and found this, so will be adapting and making one just a soon as I can find a plastic barrel.

Thought I'd share the info:

http://www.ehow.com/how_7527737_make-feeder-out-plastic-barrel.html (http://www.ehow.com/how_7527737_make-feeder-out-plastic-barrel.html)

Hopefully, it will end up looking (ish) like one of these:

http://www.hay-hutch.co.uk/acatalog/Gallery.html (http://www.hay-hutch.co.uk/acatalog/Gallery.html)

 :farmer:

Title: Re: Make a covered hay rack/feeder - here's how.....
Post by: daddymatty82 on February 01, 2011, 08:06:55 pm

we made one by using an old metal framed futon bed bolted together to make a "V" shape then a pice of coregated tin job done at no cost at all as it was a good 7 years old

Title: Re: Make a covered hay rack/feeder - here's how.....
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on February 02, 2011, 01:01:30 pm

they look great (hay hutches) but are clearly not designed with NE Scotland wind speeds in mind, Ive had a whole pig ark cross two fields bouncing over a fence as it went before now.... :o