Building a New Hay Feeder. Hopefully the goats will waste less hay now.

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Building a New Hay Feeder. Hopefully the goats will waste less hay now.

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Today we a building a new hay feeder for the billy goats. This is going to be a quick build. And hopefully when we are done the goats will waste less hay.
3/4" plywood
(1) 48"x30" bottom
(2) 26"x30" sides
2x4 lumber
(3) 48" for braces
(4) 46" for legs
4x4 lumber
(2) 48" for runners across the legs
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@kgal63 3 жыл бұрын

You always stay busy and I enjoy your problem solving. You and Rebecca are truly a compliment to each other.love your channel.

@joannak4640 3 жыл бұрын

Nice feeder. It's always a good day when you post a video. Thank you 😊

@lorenmeyer5290 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great goat feeder! Love watching you guys working together ! God bless you two!!

@LivadaBio 3 жыл бұрын

Useful information. Good video !!!

@shaniaa9287 3 жыл бұрын

Great creative thinking 👌 I love how it turned out and how you think about the comfort of daily life for your animals and yourself going forward ❣️ I just love your homestead👍

@frenchysandi 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like it will work great!

@billclaussen5255 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job!!! That problem looks solved!!! Thanks...Peace!!! Bill

@markenloe1265 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent! 😎

@bobjoncas2814 3 жыл бұрын

...good one. great idea, should work fine, keep safe..

@JohnMartinez-sm1sk 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great

@vinnypinatelli221 3 жыл бұрын

It looks great nice job you 2!!!

@hombredeacero3131 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 3 жыл бұрын

Hi..... Evan and Rebecca nice to see you both, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🐖🐈🌱🐐🎥👍👍👍

@CynBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Great build. I hope it works out well for everyone.

@olddawgdreaming5715 3 жыл бұрын

Worked out great for the goats! Never heard any of them complaining 👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks for sharing with us.

@bishopmakings9205 3 жыл бұрын

Nice build!😎

@alhunter3789 3 жыл бұрын

U are a great carpenter

@KYKAYAKER274ey1 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks love your vids always and so family friendly we broadcast them on our smart tv

@johnzink3309 Жыл бұрын

thx

@andyteohockguan2235 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@maggiesue4825 3 жыл бұрын

Never want to waste if you can help it! Nice job.

@mountainson8688 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like that plywood shelf needs a strong-back under the edges... but otherwise looks good

@philgriswold2133 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work again. Small improvements add up over time and your place is a great example of that.

@robertnelson8479 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job, looks like it will be less wasteful.

@danielheartsill4269 3 жыл бұрын

You may get a nasty letter from the goat union for making them go to a little more effort to eat the hay. The feeder looks great and is a very good idea. And the to do list will keep growing as there is no end.

@texasproud3332 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sturdy goat feeder I imagine the wood wasn’t cheap the way the costs are going up

@Chris-fl9hk 3 жыл бұрын

Wood has never been cheap I dont know how ppl build houses

@gonnagetya1433 3 жыл бұрын

@@Chris-fl9hk 2x4x8 are about 3x what they were a year ago. My 'build' projects have been on hold because of it. Last few weeks starting to see a slight decrease so maybe next spring I can get my projects going.

@Bex-rg8pj 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea 👍

@margaretbedwell58 3 жыл бұрын

Good job on the hay feeder. I think it is very nice looking. Your homestead is so neat looking. I hope you don't have as much trouble digging the post holes as you did. Good luck and have a Blessed day.

@sharonanspach2734 3 жыл бұрын

new hay feeder came out great!!

@bettyechols6405 3 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel last night and watched hours of it. You are awesome at this videotaping and keeping on talking nonstop (lol) w/o a script...and your subject matter is so relevant and you make it so interesting. I can easily see this series being on TLC tv...its so much more interesting than the stuff on there...everything on TLC is "reality'....Discovery does this type show....your show should be on TV...you are fabulous on your channel..

@karencary3312 3 жыл бұрын

Looks aren't everything but function is. Great job!!

@stijndevits 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great. I'd put another 1by2 on the edge of the bottom plate. It'll keep in whatever drops and generate even less waste. And probably make it even more durable on the long run when they would step on it. Just an idea!

@alexgnatiuk2509 3 жыл бұрын

You could have just put a bend in the middle of the fencing runs. The bend would have shortened the width of the panel.

@RalphLaurant 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job!!

@revpops 3 жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion, but when you put the legs on the new feeder ,you put them level with the treated wood 4x4 s and that will soak up water and rot easily you might want to put the legs up a little higher.

@davidj.mackinney6568 3 жыл бұрын

Just put a cattle panel inside the slats.

@lorineidtinytoadplot744 3 жыл бұрын

I have a horse a mini horse and a goat, the feeder you made for the boys would work awesome. I might make the sides taller and put a panel on the top so our horse doesn't pull it all out. But I like it

@TheUserid82 3 жыл бұрын

you have other options then cutting when you need a fixed metal panel to take up less length as you can put in bends in some of the wires to shrink the panel. You can just put in a panel behind the wooden slats to get the benefits of both styles. Minimal work and impact on the total volume.

@sharonmendoza9588 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I'm a new "goat grandma" to my daughters goats. She is a new goat family and is in need of a feeder. Small herd of goats.... 4 adult does, 1 teenage doe, 1 kid doe and 2 bucklings (?)...finally 1 adult buck. Want to build your design for grandgoats. Can you provide the dimensions?

@marcerivest6204 3 жыл бұрын

It turned out pretty good. You can't beat plain old common sense.

@user-yd1xn2dv5x 3 жыл бұрын

مرحبا

@TexFarmer 3 жыл бұрын

I think that bottom piece of plywood on the new feeder is going to warp with the goats raising themselves up on it. There's nothing supporting it underneath. I would take a 2x4 and run it underneath that bottom plywood to help prevent the warping.

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is an easy fix if the plywood warps.

@gl309495 3 жыл бұрын

OK idea, but put the 2X4 on top of the shelf. then you have a lip to catch the hay they drop.

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

I almost did that when I built it. I will wait and see what happens.

@alainlegal8787 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I just got goats and i find mine are wasting hay. Now that you have had your double sided feeder for awhile, do you find you like it, or would change anything about it? Ty

@helenhelps9619 3 жыл бұрын

👍 👍

@stevemartinez6757 3 жыл бұрын

LOL. When you build something like that I think to myself... how does he do it and not waste an extra sheet of plywood or extra boards? I am just not a good carpenter. Very good work!

@gregj2647 3 жыл бұрын

How are the chickens doing? Getting any eggs?

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

Not yet. We added oyster shells, and plan on adding higher protein food.

@124bucket 3 жыл бұрын

i watch a lot of you tube,no one can tell me why all them think they have to have music playing in the background,some tv shows do it also,and try to talk over it.

@kathyguenther5866 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Evan I don't have a farm but if I did it would really help to have the dimensions of the lumber you used and the size of the cattle panel with directions. I just purchased a pattern for a quilt ladder and paid over $5 for the pdf. You could list it below in a pdf form free for those subscribers who would like to make one. You could advertise your You tube channel on the pattern. Love the show.... Hugs from Minnesota

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

Dimensions are in the description below the video. 👍

@mabloodhound 3 жыл бұрын

Instead of cutting the wire you could have just bent the ege over and stapled it to the inside of the box end panel. Would have saved work.time.mat'l.

@meanwhilebackonthehobbyfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Stop it. You just added another project to my Honey Do List

@georgedavidson7986 3 жыл бұрын

Goats are foragers not grazers .They like to reach up to feed

@dunkilos3632 3 жыл бұрын

mmmmm,not baaaaaaddd :P Peace yall

@mikekehoe2927 3 жыл бұрын

How is your egg production?

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

No change yet. Just added oyster shells and plan on changing to higher protein feed.

@skrtskit1521 3 жыл бұрын

💖🐱‍👤

@crisgorgas2516 3 жыл бұрын

The metal mesh squares are too large . Use a mesh with 2x2 squares.

@jamestate7851 3 жыл бұрын

With holes that big the goats will be pulling the hay out onto ground and wasting hay.

@roberthillyard4234 3 жыл бұрын

all you had to do is put the wire on the front of the old feeder

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

I needed a second feeder. I just fixed the old feeder today. It now has metal mesh in it.

@galkings7636 3 жыл бұрын

Which model the dewalt saw?

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

The saw is a 20v Dewalt saw. Not sure the model. 6.5 inch blade.

@galkings7636 3 жыл бұрын

@@CountryViewAcres tnx

@OpunktSchmidt1301 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you should teach the goats some table manners... 😉👍🏻

@wmffgeorge1589 3 жыл бұрын

Why did you cut the grid, that seems a bit wasteful, you could have just bent the end strip round on the connection, you wouldn't have to use the extra wood and the wire grid would proberhably b secured better. Sorry if I'm being nasty, I'm only trying to convey my critisisem.

@martinjames3950 3 жыл бұрын

Looks not so important so long as it works

@theresam567 3 жыл бұрын

We have just 2 goats, an alpaca, & maybe a pony. The horse & alpaca are such aholes...waste of hay everywhere. The one female, the goat, has to eat by herself because they're buttheads & won't let her eat. I'll show my kid this to make. Thanks.

@js8039 3 жыл бұрын

Very disappointed in this video. If your next goat themed video doesn’t include Chewy fainting, I may have to unsub.

@CountryViewAcres 3 жыл бұрын

I hate to tell you, but he didn't faint today when we were filming. I guess I will have to go scare him, so I can put it at the end of the next video.