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How long did it take to build that hay feeder? We need to build one before we go on vacation. Yours looks pretty simple and something that maybe we could get built. We are planning to build something this weekend.

My dad told me a simple idea to use. He said you can buy the huge water containers that come with the metal holder. Take the tank out of the metal holder and use the metal holder as a hay feeder. I like that idea but I can't find the tanks with the holders cheap. Everyone wants $40 and up for those water tanks. We can build something cheaper than that.

I think I am going to copy those pictures and put them on a word document to show my DH. If you don't mind. Makes it easier that way than having to search on BYH threads for it.
 

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As for egg selling. I'm glad y'all have customers to buy all those eggs. I'm selling mine cheap, have an ad on CL for them and the only person I am able to sell them to is my parents! So every 2 weeks or so they buy all the eggs we have. My DH refuses to eat eggs from our backyard, but he doesn't eat eggs often either. I don't use that many eggs on a regular basis so selling all we get works well. Right now though we only have 6 adult hens that are laying age. 2 of those are broody (1 already has a 3 week old chick, the other is sitting on eggs) so right now we are down to 4 hens laying. My leghorn teenagers should be laying pretty soon so that will give us a couple more eggs. When all the teenagers start laying I will be overrun with eggs. I am hoping to get more customers before then. We have a sign for our yard made up but we haven't put it up yet.
 

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marlowmanor said:
How long did it take to build that hay feeder? We need to build one before we go on vacation. Yours looks pretty simple and something that maybe we could get built. We are planning to build something this weekend.

My dad told me a simple idea to use. He said you can buy the huge water containers that come with the metal holder. Take the tank out of the metal holder and use the metal holder as a hay feeder. I like that idea but I can't find the tanks with the holders cheap. Everyone wants $40 and up for those water tanks. We can build something cheaper than that.

I think I am going to copy those pictures and put them on a word document to show my DH. If you don't mind. Makes it easier that way than having to search on BYH threads for it.
It only took an hour or so. Most of it was finding and cutting the wood. I would say the longest part was putting the boards on the catch tray. It was very easy and fast.

Sure that's fine.
 

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Straw Hat Kikos said:
marlowmanor said:
How long did it take to build that hay feeder? We need to build one before we go on vacation. Yours looks pretty simple and something that maybe we could get built. We are planning to build something this weekend.

My dad told me a simple idea to use. He said you can buy the huge water containers that come with the metal holder. Take the tank out of the metal holder and use the metal holder as a hay feeder. I like that idea but I can't find the tanks with the holders cheap. Everyone wants $40 and up for those water tanks. We can build something cheaper than that.

I think I am going to copy those pictures and put them on a word document to show my DH. If you don't mind. Makes it easier that way than having to search on BYH threads for it.
It only took an hour or so. Most of it was finding and cutting the wood. I would say the longest part was putting the boards on the catch tray. It was very easy and fast.

Sure that's fine.
Good to hear it was pretty easy to do. I know there is scrap wood around, I think my FIL has a whole stack of it over at his house. I'm thinking about using some of our fencing for the area you have cattle panels in. I'm figuring we could cut out some of it and make bigger holes.

DH has also talked about using the big plastic barrels we have to make a hay feeder somehow. I don't know how he plans on that working though.

I'll have to remember to get pictures of what we end up making.
 

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Yeah show us pictures when you're done. If you don't have cattle panels then use fencing. Just make sure they can't cut themselves on it. What I would do with those barrels is, make them into a water system. You could raise it up and put a drain at the bottom and a bucket underneath. You could also put one of those self filling sinks (that's what I call them) in it. That way you don't have to fill any waterers until the have finished drinking 40-50 gallons of water.
 

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We actually got a very large barrel from my dad and cut it. We made 2 large water buckets out of it. I'll have to get pictures of them. Nothing fancy but they hold a lot of water. We actually have one set out in their lot and one in the shaded dog lot that we used to lock them up in at night. They have yet to totally empty one of them. But we fill them up when they get about halfway empty though.

The barrels we have are some DH was able to get from his workplace. They aren't as big as the 55 gallon ones you find on CL, but they are big enough to hold a bag and a half of feed. We have used most of them for food storage, but still have a couple left over we need to find a use for.
 

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Well not much today. I checked on the goats and got them water. You know, the normal. Thankfully it was cooler but it was still hot. Arianna's papers finally came in! Been waiting forever for them. I can't complain though because the NKR does a great job with everything they do. I am going to be putting up hot wire atop the field fencing because "D" the BAD Pyr just jumps the fence anytime he wants out and comes strolling up to the house and stands at the door. I know I said that Pyr's don't jump fences and I was WRONG!! Bad "D" just goes over anytime he wants. I call it "falling the fence" because he kind of jumps up on and falls over. It's funny. He's been doing this about a week I think. The buck area is partially connected to the Kiko doe area and that's the area he likes better so that's where he goes. Bad dog.
 

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Well today I woke up to, "Hey, you need to get up and get Callie. She's eating the goose." So I get up and go out there and there she is, sitting over the smallest goose not allowing any of the other dogs to come near it. Last night we put all the dogs, Callie and three Pyrs, out in the biggest field to run around and play. The geese and ducks were locked in a kennel so the dog WOULD NOT eat them, but the smallest goose had a death wish. That goose always went thru the fencing to the displeasure of the mamma and daddy geese. Well this time he was killed. I don't know who killed him/her but Callie had it. She is about 50 pounds smaller than the big boys and would not let them have it. I went out there and they boys come running up like, "Help, help, she wont let us have it." I walked over and took care of Cal. I also paid her no attention for the day. Every time I walk by she looks up at me and only half-way opens her eyes and just barely wags her tail and I tell her she bad and she looks away. I hate doing it but she need to learn. She was a bad girl. It's so funny because ever time I have to discipline her all she does is lay around. She never gets up and does her normal stuff. She just lays around depressed all day. I'll talk to her tomorrow though. Other than that not much happened with the animals today.
 

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It's fine. It was going to be eaten when it got bigger anyway. It's just not good she killed it. :/
 
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