![]() You want to make sure the gaps are wide enough for the goat to poke their nose in and pull hay out. Thin slats that have large gaps are perfect. Gaps on a pallet are the main thing to look for when making a feeder. What kind of pallets will make a good feeder? By keeping hay off the ground you get rid of that contamination aspect. Hay that is loose on the ground can also come in contact with manure, which can and usually does contain a certain amount of parasites (worms). ![]() They are picky little eaters and a lot of perfectly good hay will go to waste if it is just strewn on the ground. Goats are notorious for being hay wasters. Why is it important to keep goat feed of the ground? Since my carpentry skills are about a 7 on a scale of 1-100, I wasn’t shooting for anything too fancy. Well these ARE real wood, but I do get it that sometimes pallet construction projects can look like… well… pallets. My husband hates them, saying we should be build things from “real wood”. If you don’t have the time to monkey with one it might be more cost effective to just go buy one.Īnother draw back of pallet goat feeders can be the look. Unlike buying a ready made feeder, a pallet goat feeder is going to require some elbow grease on your part. Are there any negatives to a pallet goat feeder? We happen to have just about unlimited access to pallets which makes them a ready resource for farm projects. A quick google search will show you there are a dozen ways you can use pallets to make an effective hay holder for your goats. ![]() A steel frame feeder will cost you upwards of $60 for a decent size one. This week I busted out my amateur carpenter skills and put together a pallet goat feeder. As our little goat herd grows, we are need of a more efficient feeding system.
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