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Homemade Goat Feeders
Within a couple of days of being born, goat kids are ready to chew on something. Marty Olson is ready for them with his mini feeders made from 15-gal. plastic barrels.
“They’re easy to fill, there’s less waste, and they’re easy to make,” says the Long Prairie, Minn., dairy goat farmer.
He has plenty of
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Homemade Goat Feeders LIVESTOCK Dairy 17 Within a couple of days of being born goat kids are ready to chew on something Marty Olson is ready for them with his mini feeders made from 15-gal plastic barrels “They’re easy to fill there’s less waste and they’re easy to make ” says the Long Prairie Minn dairy goat farmer He has plenty of barrels from various fluids that he uses on the farm After he flushes them clean he cuts 2-in holes with a round hole saw along the sides He uses a reciprocating saw to cut the top big enough to fill with alfalfa “You need to support the top hole I screw through the top into a 2 by 4 ” Olson explains He uses another piece of 1 by 2 or 2 by 4 on the inside of the back to secure it to the side of a pen “It must be high enough so they don’t jump in it ” Olson says Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Marty Olson 15814 Co 50 Long Prairie Minn 56347 martyandheather4@gmail com
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