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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: McRennet on October 16, 2011, 07:08:37 pm

Title: Wanted: Covered Hay feeder for goats
Post by: McRennet on October 16, 2011, 07:08:37 pm

Hello!

Thought I may as well post on here before even considering buying new.  :o

I am looking for a hay feeder that would easily accommodate one small bale (possibly more) at the moment we have a borrowed 8ft Bateman but one day we will have to give it back  :'(

Please do let me know if anyone has something that they no longer need and would like a few shiny pennies for.....

 :wave:

(Will try to collect regardless of location)

Title: Re: Wanted: Covered Hay feeder for goats
Post by: little blue on October 16, 2011, 08:06:24 pm

build one?

ours holds a full rectangular bale, its not covered but is fairly high - the goats make little holes through the mesh getting the hay out!

Title: Re: Wanted: Covered Hay feeder for goats
Post by: cairnhill on October 16, 2011, 08:42:39 pm

I have a Medium Hay Hutch which holds a small square bale.  However I am in North Aberdeenshire  and not sure where you are. 

Title: Re: Wanted: Covered Hay feeder for goats
Post by: Anke on October 17, 2011, 02:19:08 pm

I don't have one for sale, but ours are just the plain pannier style mesh ones, and OH built a lid out of some extra mesh, easily bent to open on one end and kept in place with rubber hook-ons (Don't know what they are called in plain English). If you need one bale for the goats at a time, just put two next to each other....

They can easily travel too, and are lightweight.