The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Goats => Topic started by: Tree Farmer on April 25, 2012, 10:40:40 am
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Goat arrival day is nearly here and I am still without hayracks - would this sort do be suitable for goats?
http://www.rideaway.co.uk/galvanised-corner-hay-rack/ (http://www.rideaway.co.uk/galvanised-corner-hay-rack/)
I wanted to build my own wooden ones but I am not too good with stuff like that and my other half is losing patience with my requests... :-/
Or does anyone know anywhere I can order wooden hayracks?
Thanks
Charlotte
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This hayrack looks more suitable for horses.
Goats are wasteful with hay so a rack with smaller gaps means they have to pull it out by the mouthful rather than have a hunk pull away which they will drop and not pick up. Look at Ascott Smallholding (can't remember their website but Google will know) they have sheep/goat racks with better gauge gaps.
I use their twin rack over hurdles between my goat pens for hay access from both sides, and also for cut nettles in the yard. Finally got my husband to make a branch rack out of wood and stock fence which has worked well.
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just had a look - i have been looking for one of these for ages...heres the link to the Ascott website http://ascott-dairy.co.uk/acatalog/Hayracks.html (http://ascott-dairy.co.uk/acatalog/Hayracks.html)
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Thank you SO much, am very grateful for your help. As soon as I read the messages earlier this afternoon I got on the phone to Ascott and ordered two of their smallholder hay racks, also some buckets and bucket holders. Am gradually getting there..... :)
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Ascott are very good.