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| i want to make some need to see what everybody has done. i have the cans. just need to know what kind of screen or netting y'all used. thanks |
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Location: Jersey Girl | My dad made me a slow hay feeder box from ply wood and angle iron. I ordered a 2' x 4' grid wall panel for the top. |
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Location: Arizona | We also built a box, it's 4' x 4' and similar to the ones on www.grazingbox.com but we just cut a hog panel for the top. Hog panel squares are just too big though, and don't really slow them down. My goal is to be able to leave hay out there 24/7 without them going through the supply faster than they should. Most self regulate, but I have a couple piggies that won't walk away until the hay is gone. So now I'm either going to order panels with smaller squares from the grazing box site or maybe try a Delmar panel as a topper.
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Location: Arizona | fulltiltfilly - 2016-01-10 10:34 AMMy dad made me a slow hay feeder box from ply wood and angle iron. I ordered a 2' x 4' grid wall panel for the top. Never mind, I misread your post. What sized squares did you get for your panel?
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Location: Jersey Girl | Whinny19 - 2016-01-09 4:50 PM fulltiltfilly - 2016-01-10 10:34 AMMy dad made me a slow hay feeder box from ply wood and angle iron. I ordered a 2' x 4' grid wall panel for the top. Never mind, I misread your post. What sized squares did you get for your panel?
I think the holes are 3X3 |
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| i talking about the ones made from barrels//what kind of screen mesh or other did you use. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | Whinny19 - 2016-01-10 12:44 PM We also built a box, it's 4' x 4' and similar to the ones on www.grazingbox.com but we just cut a hog panel for the top. Hog panel squares are just too big though, and don't really slow them down. My goal is to be able to leave hay out there 24/7 without them going through the supply faster than they should. Most self regulate, but I have a couple piggies that won't walk away until the hay is gone. So now I'm either going to order panels with smaller squares from the grazing box site or maybe try a Delmar panel as a topper.
I know your pain! I have to easy keepers. I have the porta feeder in the stalls. Those feeders I have 3" holes. I see them with what I think is a lot and want to have smaller holes to slow them down more. They wear grazing muzzles when on pasture. Ha, the pasture is irrigated and too good for them. Horses must graze. It is just a natural fix for most everything if only just for R&R. |
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| i have a couple big piggies, got those slow feeder bags, tore through them the netting and the slow feeders nets. i want to use barrels for the stall so i can fill barrels every few days. and make several grazers also. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | There are several examples on pinterest. I recently made one from a rolling trash can and I had a slow feeder net so I used that to put the hay in inside the trash can. |
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