VtMapleGal
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I rent my 150 acre farm which is about 7 miles from my house. The person who owns the farm lives at the house at the farm. Basically i rent barn and pastures. Anyways, I got a call from him last night that one of the cows was stuck in the round bale feeder. I was at a drs appt over 45 min away. I called my friend (a neighbor about 1/2 mile away) and he headed thier to help. I got the call a few minutes later that the cow was dead. We live in vermont were there is no such thing as flat ground. The round bale feeder was on a slight slant, and apparently from what we can figure out the cow (an 16 month old grass fed angus/jersey cross) tried to enter the feeder (last year as a calf he went in the middle ate hay and went out), got in ate, and tried to get out, pushing from the inside against the "low" side of the feeder, tipped it up and broke his neck. He died instantlly. Has anyone else had this happen? Should i anchor the feeder down somehow? I dont really know how i would. I had this style feeder... http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs ... ue&cFlag=1
Do you think this style would be better?
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs ... ue&cFlag=1
Do you think this style would be better?
http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs ... ue&cFlag=1