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Location: North Dakota | I need some feeder ideas! I live in ND and would like to have a wall feeder, or feeder off the ground that would be easy to move. I will only be feeding a flake or so at a time (geez they're HUGE) trying to come up with something user friendly (I think a net would be a PITA) If you have something that works great for you please show me! Thanks |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Are these the 3 stran or larger square bales? I use water trough's that wont hold water anymore for feeding hay. And have a nice hay rack for outside feeding also..
I have 3 of these racks that I bought over 20 years ago and still look like new, but mine are just the silver/natural.
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Experienced Mouse Trapper
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Location: North Dakota | 1000 pound 3'x3'x8'. a 6" flake weighs at least 40 pounds-I only have 1 horse on them locked in/around the barn. With the snow, feeding directly on the ground is not worth it. Thanks for the suggestions! |
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 The Bling Princess
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Location: North Dakota | Southtxponygirl - 2018-08-28 9:15 AM Are these the 3 stran or larger square bales? I use water trough's that wont hold water anymore for feeding hay. And have a nice hay rack for outside feeding also.. I have 3 of these racks that I bought over 20 years ago and still look like new, but mine are just the silver/natural. I think something like this would be awesome, except for the catch tub underneath it. With all the snow we get I'd be concerned it'd just wad up with loose hay in there and make a mess. Unless your planning on just feeding enough to get them through the day, then it wouldn't be so bad.
LMS where'd ya find the big squares? I've always contemplated feeding them, but have no where to store them. You'll have to let me know how it goes:)
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I use the rubbermate troughs that have been sitting around since I stoped useing them, working really good too, keeps the hay off the ground..
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | WYOTurn-n-Burn - 2018-08-28 9:31 AM Southtxponygirl - 2018-08-28 9:15 AM Are these the 3 stran or larger square bales? I use water trough's that wont hold water anymore for feeding hay. And have a nice hay rack for outside feeding also.. I have 3 of these racks that I bought over 20 years ago and still look like new, but mine are just the silver/natural. I think something like this would be awesome, except for the catch tub underneath it. With all the snow we get I'd be concerned it'd just wad up with loose hay in there and make a mess. Unless your planning on just feeding enough to get them through the day, then it wouldn't be so bad.
LMS where'd ya find the big squares? I've always contemplated feeding them, but have no where to store them. You'll have to let me know how it goes:)
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| We have some large squares to feed this winter was well.
We have the small square bale sized haychix nets. I put one of those in a 55 gallon blue barrel and pull the top down around the outside of the barrel and go to stuffing. We’ve done this with big rounds. I presume with the large squares it’ll be more folding the flakes over and stuffing them in there.
That’s if we’re feeding free choice in the dead of winter. Otherwise we just toss out a flake or half a flake at a time. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | LMS - 2018-08-28 8:30 AM 1000 pound 3'x3'x8'. a 6" flake weighs at least 40 pounds-I only have 1 horse on them locked in/around the barn. With the snow, feeding directly on the ground is not worth it. Thanks for the suggestions!
1000lbs 3X3?????? We buy and sell a lot of hay and that is pretty stout for a 3X3. Is it straight alfalfa? |
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| HayChix has numerous options. Send me a message and I can help! |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | We worked on a ranch that put up and fed these kinds of bales. They DO NOT keep well. Really no matter how you stack them. So if they are outside, I would tarp them or you will end up losing most of the bales to mold. We fed them to horses and cattle. For horses we kept the bales facing toward a feeder, just on the other side of the fence. We pulled loose a flake and it usually broke in half making it easier to pitch fork it over the fence in a tire feeder. |
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Experienced Mouse Trapper
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Location: North Dakota | UTAHCANCHASER - 2018-08-29 3:41 PM LMS - 2018-08-28 8:30 AM 1000 pound 3'x3'x8'. a 6" flake weighs at least 40 pounds-I only have 1 horse on them locked in/around the barn. With the snow, feeding directly on the ground is not worth it. Thanks for the suggestions! 1000lbs 3X3?????? We buy and sell a lot of hay and that is pretty stout for a 3X3. Is it straight alfalfa?
Yes 3rd cutting straight alfalfa-I swear a 4" flake weighs 50#
this horse is on alfalfa because he does not tolerate grass or he will be heevy. therefore, sticking his face into a tire feeder is out of the question too. I can get half a flake into the classic equine bags. I have a hay chix net that I haven't tried yet, but I think they are miserable to fill (sorry hay chix) I like the look of this style feeder:
https://www.statelinetack.com/item/high-country-plastics-slow-feeder-saver/E006341/
BUT, is the galvanized ok for the horse to eat through?? |
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | get a rolling trash can cut a hole or two in the side, apply large wire or net, put hay in close the lid keep dry and off the ground. you can drag it any where. |
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Sock eating dog owner
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | get a rolling trash can cut a hole or two in the side, apply large wire or net, put hay in close the lid keep dry and off the ground. you can drag it any where. |
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