Necessity is the mother of invention... though not an new invention, just another project to build!
The cows down at the woods have done a great job clearing everything edible and we had been haying them by tucking flakes of hay around the trees to keep them from trompling it. We wanted a way to feed them a little easier, especially if we wanted to get away for a few days and not have to worry about them.
The new covered hay feeder is made mostly of salvaged material. It is movable, but heavy enough that the cows can't push it around. There is a gate at the end to make it easy to add more hay. Even the gate was repurposed; it was swapped out from our daughter's goat pen for a more goat friendly mesh style... a win-win! The next test will be to see if we can fit a large bale in it and how many days it will last the coos.
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