HAY FEEDER

Bizzum

Anyone know where I can get a tidy hay feeder for calves in the creep area. Maybe wall hanging or hanging off a gate?
Thanks!

Bizzum

Any ideas?
How do people feed small quantities of hay to calves in the lie back area?

Cgold

Howya,

Try Connacht Gold, there might be one near you...where are you based??

P:D

Bizzum

Cgold wrote: »

Howya,

Try Connacht Gold, there might be one near you...where are you based??

P:D

I'm a long way from the Shannon but might be near Athlone up and down, so they (you:D) could be worth a try!

blue5000

thesco trolley, them bastards are screwin us farmers so as the jingo goes 'every little bit helps':rolleyes:

Bizzum

blue5000 wrote: »

thesco trolley, them bastards are screwin us farmers so as the jingo goes 'every little bit helps':rolleyes:

They already help with opening an 18' gate everyday!
Trolley wheel welded on the bottom of it:D

bbam

Get some 1/2 inch reebar and bend one up, weld it and hey presto.. We made them up for about €20 I think it was, 2 hours made 3 of them..
Not galvanised but the calves don't seem to notice

think I have a crappy photo somewhere if you want..

Bizzum

bbam wrote: »

Get some 1/2 inch reebar and bend one up, weld it and hey presto.. We made them up for about €20 I think it was, 2 hours made 3 of them..
Not galvanised but the calves don't seem to notice

think I have a crappy photo somewhere if you want..

Now you have me thinking.................This could be a runner. Thanks.

bbam

Bizzum wrote: »

Now you have me thinking.................This could be a runner. Thanks.

Here you go...
We're old style here.. if we need something we make it up if it's at all possible..:o

The hooks on the back could be a bit longer to stop it being hooked off the gate but we usually stick a cable tie on each end and it works fine..


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lakill Farm

bbam, approx what lenght and height is the hay feeder?

bbam

lakill Farm wrote: »

bbam, approx what lenght and height is the hay feeder?

Off the top of my head it's 20-24 inches deep and about 4"6 long..
To be honest the dimensions were decided based on the reebar lengths, to use full lengths rather than having waste left over..
I'll throw a tape on it later and stick up the details...

lakill Farm

Cheers bbam, i want to make 3 of these for calves and they look the business.

On a side note, could i paint these with oxide paint or could that lead posion a calf? Its green oxide from a hayshed

bbam wrote: »

Here you go...
We're old style here.. if we need something we make it up if it's at all possible..:o

The hooks on the back could be a bit longer to stop it being hooked off the gate but we usually stick a cable tie on each end and it works fine..


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bbam wrote: »

Off the top of my head it's 20-24 inches deep and about 4"6 long..
To be honest the dimensions were decided based on the reebar lengths, to use full lengths rather than having waste left over..
I'll throw a tape on it later and stick up the details...

bbam

lakill Farm wrote: »

Cheers bbam, i want to make 3 of these for calves and they look the business.

On a side note, could i paint these with oxide paint or could that lead posion a calf? Its green oxide from a hayshed

Don't know about that. I've seen them licking the paint on doors so would be weary to paint them.

Bizzum

Thanks for the Pics bbam.
I think I'm gonna make a couple maybe a meter long and 500mm deep.
What is the spacing between the bars? 5" or 6"?

blue5000

I made one with an L iron frame around the outside and hi-tensile sheep wire in the middle. When calves were small it was hung level with you guessed it a pallet at each end, we put straw loosely on top as a canopy. Then when the calves were bigger tilted it up at about 45 degrees and put hay in it. It is about 4m by 2m.

lakill Farm

i am going to get a lad to make me up 3 of these hay feeders bbam made up. But can i paint them with oxide paint? it will only be suck calves using them

Muckit

€34 incl vat for a nice size square one, galvanised in my local Topline;) Ideal for calves.