“Pinwheel” Pen Made Out Of Hog Panels

“Pinwheel” Pen Made Out Of Hog Panels David Schmude and his wife Emily wanted to feed their baby goats without wasting hay So the Tigerton Wis farmers designed a “pinwheel-style” pen that they made out of hog panels       “It gives me 4 small pens with a single 2-ft sq hay feeder in the middle which the animals in all 4 pens can eat out of It was inexpensive to set up and there’s very little waste Best of all it eliminates the need to feed hay in each pen ” says David       All 4 pens measure 4 ft wide by 6 ft long The way the pens are arranged around the feeder the entire setup measures 10 ft square To build the system he starts with four 16-ft long hog panels and cuts 6 ft off each one Then he uses the four 6-ft long pieces that are left to make the 4 by 6-ft pens with a 2-ft sq feeder in the middle The 10-ft sections go around the outside He uses string or wire to connect the pens together     The panels are 3 ft high David simply throws bale slices over the panels and into the feeder “I can load hay in from any side without having to throw it more than 4 ft ” he says     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Schmude N3522 Oxyoke Rd Tigerton Wis 54486 ph 715 535-2469; cell 715 881-1771

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