Do-It-Yourself Bale Feeder

Do-It-Yourself Bale Feeder LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment To avoid spending money on commercially-made bale feeders Bob and Paula Nelson came up with a way to make their own out of 16-ft cattle panels “We bend a cattle panel into a circle around a square wood pallet securing the ends of the panel with small snap hooks The wire anchors itself on the corners of the pallet We then use bolt cutters to cut 3 square openings in the panel that are large enough for livestock to get their heads through to reach the hay “To load in a new bale we simply undo the snap hooks unwrap the cattle panel and set the bale on the pallet We then wrap it back up “The panel gets easier to work with after a couple of times as it starts conforming to a rounded shape The pallet keeps the bale off the ground allowing rain to drain through The weight of the bale on the pallet keeps animals from tipping the feeder over This method has worked very well and there’s little wasted hay Total cost: $22 for the cattle panels We already had pallets ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Bob & Paula Nelson 2188 Old Larkin Road Melbourne Ark 72556 ph 870 368-4663; greeneyesranch1@yahoo com

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