The Goats Will Love This! Do's and Don'ts Feeding Round Bales
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2019
- Don't make deadly mistakes when feeding round bales of hay to goats. Watch this video and learn some of the do's and don'ts. Feeding round bales of hay to goats is a great way to keep a good amount of feed out for a longer duration, just be cautious. This is a mix of lespedeza, bermuda and fescue hay.
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When I began watching your videos several months ago, you would say, "bale" and I would think you said, "bell." (I'm a Northerner, my ears hear with a Northern accent, lol.) Live your videos, great family and farm, such blessings!
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As always, great info. Kaleb... Thanks for helping 🤗
Good to see you all
Hay feeder looks good. I got a video about mine coming out tomorrow
I think it’s going to work out.
Yep good luck!
Excellent info on the netting! Thanks Kevin.
Hi Kaleb, good to see you out with dad.
Your homestead is on such a beautiful location. I can see why you and your wife fell in love with. The goats really do keep the land looking clear and clean. It’s a lot of work but so worth it. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Kim Nisley NE OKLAHOMA is wonderful count for sure
Lots of never ending work, thank you!
Looks like the goats are set for winter. Have a great weekend!🐐💕
Handy Dandy tractor work.
Kevin are you from a farming family? You are so smart when it comes to creating items. I am a 63 yr old grandma and love driving tractors and heavy machines. Wish I lived closer I would help you.
No, I didn't grow up on a farm.
Great video great information that you gave thanks for sharing
We get the square bales from a farmer here and put them up into the loft. Pull bales down when we need them.
al at lumnah acres has goats and his hay always got wasted so he put a small fencing around it in the feeder and he wastes less hay now ...........maybe check it out and see if it would help with your goats..... he doesnt have many, like you but it worked for him hugssssss from Ontario Canada
Nice job Kevin. I really love that Tractor it get the job done. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy evening
Thank you for watching!
That custom built feeder looks well thought out and built. Thank you for sharing.
Perfect, fit like a glove 👍
Excellent advice
Wonderful plans Kevin.
Thanks again Kevin for all the information regarding safety for your goats 👍
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Welcome!
Awesome Kevin, bye kids! 👍👍👍
Don't forget the hog panels Kevin...makes a big difference buddy
Proud of you for having a plan B an it worked. I'm usually down to X or Y before it comes together. Great video!! God bless!
Great design on the hay feeder
Thank you
Excellent explanation of the nettings thanks for sharing that with everybody great video a big thumbs up
Very interesting....always learn on your channel 😊🐐🐐🐐
Thank you for watching
Another great informational video
Love all your videos because they are always informative. Thanks.
Thank you for watching
I love your new hay cradle feeder. So many can eat from all sides. I buy the square bales of hay for my goats but don't put the whole bales out for them, afraid they would eat themselves to death! It is nice you can put a bale outdoors and not have to worry about it getting moldy.
Very good info Kevin. You do such a great job in taking care of your animals.
Thank you
Hi guys, that's interesting about the weed.
We have a weed that the Sheep eat.
My old place had more of it than Grass.
They raised sheep on that mountain because there were so many rocks.
As we spoke about before they built stone wall pasture dividers and boundary lines.
Jo Jo in VT 💕 😊
Very neat!
Thanks for warning about the netting and the danger of collapse re: the round bales! I have a goat who loves to crawl into things -- we had to cut her out of a roll of old fencing the other day. She would be a prime candidate for getting squished in the middle of one of those big bales. I feed my goats high-quality alfalfa with a side of grass hay pellets for nutritional diversity. This combo provides enough protein so that I don't have to feed any grain. I also provide free-choice baking soda and Manna Pro vitamin and mineral supplement for goats. It contains ammonium chloride to guard against urinary calculli in bucks and wethers.
sure looks warm down there,,, thats a good idea ta feed in the barn,,, thank ya fer the video
Just in case you're interested:
Living Traditions Homestead built a cover for their holder. It's pretty much like yours. Maybe bigger. Anyway, they used a cattle panel I believe it was to create a dome. They have a removable side so they can just slip the bale in though. They feed a cow and several goats with the bale.
I watched that video. It is a good design.
I'm jealous of your cool tractor. That is a really neat feeder!
The tractor is a must have around here!
@@HiddenHeightsFarm heck yeah!
Great video as always.
Thanks for the update!
this is extremely helpful
Love the serecia Lezpedeza. I feed it as well. It's in the legume family like alfalfa. Mine tested at 13.8% this year. It's the high tannins that work as a vermafuge. My goats love it.
Yes your right, it's good stuff!
Canopy made from livestock panel arched over and attached to bale holder with zip ties tarp covering top of canopy. Living traditions did this with success 🤩
I watched that video
I never thought about the netting being a hazard.. it makes sense it would be..The goats are fun to to watch.. they're a mess.. like bad kids..🐐😊
I think all your goats are beautiful . The Spanish and Keiko heard is great together I think . Bet they are definitely a strong herd. The others are cute for what they are. Do they seem to require more attention? Your goats are beautiful. I enjoy watching them . Glad Mojo is turnings out to be a good gaurdian . Neat how he sleeps on the porch then jumping over the fence to his goats.
Yep he is working out great
Good video. Who makes the bale racks for you and do they sale them? And what was that natural weed called that helps with deworming?
Good video
Thank you
Informative 😍
Fabricate a cage to fit over the top of the hay cradels that is either hinged or removeable to keep the goats from climbing on the bales.
Cows like it to and horses to
Primer will not prevent rust it is poris you need to paint it with a good sealer paint on the primer
put a Tarpaulin over the top,of the bale feeder in the Pygmy pen,will keep it Dry,then fasten cattle pen wire all around stop the goats getting into the feeder
Maybe you should have Patented that design and started selling them. Even if you have someone weld them together you would still make some money on each sale. I like that design. It would work good for cows and horses too. Then again, anyone that needs one could probably build one themselves.
YES, that netting is a danger if left on the bales and in the field. I knew a horse person who left the netting on. It was a PAIN to clean it out after the thaw. It wasn't a tangle issue so much for the larger horses, but young ones and little ones can get tangled in it, not to mention chickens as well. I have rescued my fair share of chickens and other small livestock from a tangled mess of baling twine and bale netting.
I am getting geared up to get my first goats. I will probably be building a hay feeder for them. I am not to where I need to be putting round bales out just yet.
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My goats prefer weeds to hay, they're browsers and if the weeds are growing, they go after the weeds and I have a lot of weeds here. My horses eat the round bales. I don't have any feeders and they knock the bale to pieces, roll and poop in it. I need a feeder, but don't have the money to buy one!
Would a tarp covering the hay keep the goats from messing on top of the hay?
Or would the goats chew on the tarp?
I really enjoy your videos!! You have a beautiful farm!!
They would try to eat or get hung up in the tarp.
How long will that last your goats
Not sure on this number of goats. Guessing 1 month.
Nice information share...
If any of the animals ate any of that string it could cause intestinal damage and they could died a slow painful death...
Have a wonderful day 🌻🌻🌻
Yes your right
What size is your tractor
We have a Kubota 35hp and a 59hp
Did the 35 hp pick up the round bale in the front?