SBC/GW's Journal- Spring shows DONE! & Update

[Southern by choice]

@misfitmorgan that is pretty much what we did... I like the larger holes in the cattle panels... the premier panels do have the 4 larger eating areas but I don't like them. Too easy for two heads to get in there and get stuck.
The reason we are doing the 20" wides with the 40's is so we can keep it tight. Since we have big, med , small they kinda get around the whole thing and the lamanchas stand and eat off the top. We are out there so much I think we can keep it pretty tight.
I think alot of issues come from goats also not having hay available 24/7 then they gorge and the bales can get unstable.

It was funny this morning though- they were all standing at the gate waiting for their hay to be brought in.
Goofy goats. GW did put out the fru fru hay and walked the goats back to the round bale.

My plan is to get the connectors from P-1... and connect 3 of the 40" panels together (more permanent) then the other 40's or 20's depending on what we need we just use clips... this makes it easy and fast to adjust.

Babs the square bale (big ones) are so hard to work with. If you figure something out you will need to share.

 

[misfitmorgan]

I figured that was pretty much what you had done @Southern by choice. I dunno if i prefer smaller 4" holes or the giant 8"x12" holes, i'm worn on whether they would try to stuck to many heads in the big hole too. I havnt seen any bad reviews of their feeders with the big eating holes but they do own the website.

 

[Southern by choice]

The panel we got has 8x6 openings... I like them. I don't want faces rubbed from them too small and worry that two heads or more could go through the 8x12's (Premier's) .... I am sure we will need to work with it for awhile and see what works best...
I really wish my hay guys tractor could get through to the other 4 fields. He can get to one of them if it is bone dry... and the trees are limbed. His tractor is massive, and it is his favorite one, his baby so to speak. He doesn't want scratches on his girl.
I love his tractor. She is a beauty!

 

[Bruce]

You can buy very similar panels to what premier uses at most farm stores(TSC) they are called sheep/goat panels. $60 for 48" x 16ft locally

Ouch, that is nearly 3x the cost of their cattle panels!

 

[Goat Whisperer]

None of our local feedstores have the sheep & goat panels. I would need to have those shipped in.

I would be concerned with the large 8'' x 12'' holes. There would only be 4 openings per panel.

I think (my) goats would be more likely to get stuck in those than the cattle panel. The goal is to keep the panels tight up against the bale- so they shouldn't really be sticking their head completely through the panel. I will monitor it closely

Of course I will go out and cover the bale if we are expecting a lot of rain. They will eat through it pretty fast so it won't have a lot of time to mold. And I did lay down a pallet to keep it from soaking up any moisture.

 

[Baymule]

@CntryBoy777 had the same idea as me on the names.....LOL

Midnight Blue because she is black with blue eyes. Then I went looking for other words or names than mean black.

Guadalupe- word from Spain meaning river of black stones (we have a river here in Texas called Guadalupe, I wonder if it has black stones...)

Jette- from Denmark meaning coal black

The second sister, I like her black markings. The first thing that pops in my mind is Zig-Zag

 

[babsbag]

@Goat Whisperer Your TSC doesn't have the panel with a 4x4 square? I'm surprised.

I had panels with the 6x8 for a long time. One big goat would stick her head through and one baby would follow in the same hole and the screaming would start. Big goat would just keep on eating and baby goat would start choking. I decided that the 4x4 's rub spots was worth it (I don't show) not to have any babies in distress. Premier makes a 3x5 panel, that is my favorite. I have two of them and wish I had 10 more.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

@Goat Whisperer Your TSC doesn't have the panel with a 4x4 square? I'm surprised.

Correct. We have a lot of feedstores here and not one has the 4x4 panel.

I don't think our kids are bold enough to stick their head through with an adult doe. They are jerks LOL

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I love the name Middi!!! How about Gemma for the other?

 

[misfitmorgan]

Did you settle on any names yet?