Sign in or 
Share this
Barrel Feeders
| | |
| by Michellev1 |  Equemily's Barrel Feeder (temporary strap system to hold it in place until permanent PP is ready) |
 Cheryl's half-barrel wall-mounted hay feeder (top view). Cheryl's page |  |
Barrel with lid I made. Sorry it's sideways - didn't know how to rotate it! ~Bearcat | 
|
 | ![[Untitled]](http://image.wetpaint.com/image/1/yrmYtWMQ9egDHnYCPwZZGQ116643/GW360H455 "[Untitled]") Cheryl's Hybrid Hay Feeder |
 Monstad Slow Feeder |  'Native Plants' Feeder. Tie two loops in the cord, and close with a snap. Adjust length of cord to not come off over the handles. 38" SMHN and 70 QT muck bucket. |
 Garbage can feeder. DO NOT recommend! After 48hrs the can had cracks in it from the horses pushing and using it as a scratching post. However it was inexpensive and I learned I like the net on the outside because the hay slid easily for loading and feeding. I'm on the quest for blue barrels since they are made of much more robust plastic. |  Add photo caption or credit here. |
DutchHollow |
Latest page update: made by DutchHollow
, Oct 31 2012, 8:17 AM EDT
(about this update
About This Update
added garbage can feeder
- DutchHollow
64 words added 6 words deleted 1 image added 1 image deleted view changes - complete history) |
|
More Info: links to this page
|
| Started By | Thread Subject | Replies | Last Post | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsegma | Double Netting the barrel | 2 | Feb 19 2011, 4:01 PM EST by michellev1 | ||
|
Thread started: Jan 15 2011, 11:47 AM EST
Watch
My wonderful hubby made me 3 blue barrel feeders this past fall. They are working wonderfully! I thought I would post some of the things I would change or how they are doing in general.
My husband hung them so that the nets hang on the rubber mats a few inches. He was going to finish off the tops of them with a lid but we found it wasn't needed. None of the three horses put their head through the top and try to eat from there. Sometimes I push the hay towards the bottom with a broom if they were extra fluffy going in. This is really nice since I don't have to take time to take off three lids! The other thing that I have now discovered is that I think I will be taking off the single net and adding another net to double it. I still think they eat too fast out of the nets. Throughout the summer I had them doubled and that worked well. But, when my husband placed them on there he just put a single one on. I fed them this morning and because it was too cold to do the poo I waited to come back in a few hours and they were just finishing off their hay. I would like to extend that into a longer time. Two hours is much better than half an hour of past years, but, I think four would be better. I still feed three times a day. 7:00 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8:30ish p.m. They have lost no weight this winter and I was hoping for upwards of 50 pounds weight loss this winter. All in all I LOVE these feeders and will never go back to open mangers. |
||||
Showing 1 of 1 threads for this page
