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round feeder cover for cattle

  • 08-01-2015 3:22pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86
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    Hi guys...just wondering if any of ye have come across anything ...its a regular large round feeder that i use...hate to see the hay or silage getting wet...especially if a bale is in the feeder for a week with a few cows eating it...any ideas if there anything on the market


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,506 Dawggone
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    butt1 wrote: »
    Hi guys...just wondering if any of ye have come across anything ...its a regular large round feeder that i use...hate to see the hay or silage getting wet...especially if a bale is in the feeder for a week with a few cows eating it...any ideas if there anything on the market

    Stay away from them!
    They are a PITA to load a bale into them.
    Hateful things.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 tomieen jones
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    i know a guy that uses tarp and tek screwed it to the top of the feeder !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 tomieen jones
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    Dawggone wrote: »
    Stay away from them!
    They are a PITA to load a bale into them.
    Hateful things.

    he lifts the feeder up on end ! he sets his bale and drops the feeder back over the bale


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,506 Dawggone
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    he lifts the feeder up on end ! he sets his bale and drops the feeder back over the bale

    You'd want to be Hercules to manhandle my ones!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 tomieen jones
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    Dawggone wrote: »
    You'd want to be Hercules to manhandle my ones!

    taught they were mainly the standard ring feeders ! you could upside it with the loader i guess


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 onyerbikepat
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    Dawggone wrote: »
    You'd want to be Hercules to manhandle my ones!
    I did that for years. Feeders were in a yard, so that bit easier to turn up on their sides. Lifting was the easy bit. Putting back down, now that was severe on the back.
    I copped on a bit last year and split the feeder in two. Just swing one side back now and use chains to keep it together.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 trabpc
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    Same problem here. I find a pallet below to keep bale off ground and galvavise on top, keeps it fresh for the 9-10 days it takes my few to eat the bale. Needs to be secure from wind though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 just do it
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    trabpc wrote: »
    Same problem here. I find a pallet below to keep bale off ground and galvavise on top, keeps it fresh for the 9-10 days it takes my few to eat the bale. Needs to be secure from wind though.

    That's hay you're feeding I take it?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 trabpc
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    just do it wrote: »
    That's hay you're feeding I take it?
    Nope silage. Well wilted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 Muckit
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    Yeah I've often thought about this and definitely something you'd think should be available to buy, but no.

    If hay or straw gets damp it's f**ked.
    Whats the point in drawing it into a shed to then draw it back out and leave it exposed?

    Silage will go off quicker.

    Tarp is a good cheap and light solution l would think. Also a light metal hoop in the middle under it woul help to stop water lodging. Probably get away without putting an overhang on it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,422 just do it
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    trabpc wrote: »
    Nope silage. Well wilted.

    And it lasts 9-10 days? Fair deuce. My laddies turn their noises up at the silage if it's in front of them for any longer than 3 days!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 trabpc
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    just do it wrote: »
    And it lasts 9-10 days? Fair deuce. My laddies turn their noises up at the silage if it's in front of them for any longer than 3 days!

    Was wilted for 4 days and spread out for 2 days during that 4 day period, prior to baling so It's close to Haylage. Bale went rotton after 5 days recently with no cover after all the rain but I'm now Getting 10-11 days now when covered and stays fresh and not a bit left. 5no 8 month old weanlings.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,263 50HX
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    butt1 wrote: »
    Hi guys...just wondering if any of ye have come across anything ...its a regular large round feeder that i use...hate to see the hay or silage getting wet...especially if a bale is in the feeder for a week with a few cows eating it...any ideas if there anything on the market

    if it's a long term thing you are going to be using - make a square one with 2 doors in it that swing open on one side - reverse in your bale and away you go, get some sheeting for the top - cut to size & tex screw it in - will last many many a year, i have one the aul lad picked up handy enough a few years away - great job & no lifting of the feeder to get you bale in


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 tomieen jones
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    Spray diluted molasses with a knapsack on it after a few days and they eat up the rest


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