A well working hay feeder, made from scrap wood in a weekend! I followed the plans of the "I did it all by myself Goat Feeder" website - except I made it slightly bigger to accommodate the size wood I had and to make it to a full hay bale size. I found that the width space between the slats got screwed up that way - they're too small for (growing) goats with horns, and I also found I never feed a full bale at one time anyway! If it rains while it's out there it gets damp and the goats don't like that and won't eat it anymore...I found somewhere else the standard width between slats for goats is 7 inches. If you use that any of the other diameters are whatever you prefer! I did add a lid, which I really like. The piece of angled wood at the back helps the lid to stay open without opening all the way so I can open, load and close with one hand.
Because of the lid, kids like to sleep on top of the hay in the bin :-) Reminds me of that fairy tale of the princess on the pea!
Address of the website is
www.goatworld.com/articles/feeders/feeder.shtml
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