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<blockquote data-quote="OLF" data-source="post: 682818" data-attributes="member: 9761"><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/Hay_feeder.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Here is what we use. I wouldn't call it zero waste, but it is much better than a hay ring on the ground. The design is a good one. It holds the hay up in the air, and the slanted bars are supposed to stop the cows from taking a bite and then pulling their heads out and dropping the hay on the ground. The dropped hay should stay in the tub below the hay, so they have a second chance to eat it. The quality of the hay makes a big difference. Great hay, they'll eat every bit of it. Poor quality hay and they leave what they don't want in the tub. As you can see, they also get the hay on the ground. Cleaning that tub after it has filled up and been rained on many times is no fun. I guess a cover over it would be ideal, but it would be difficult loading the bales.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OLF, post: 682818, member: 9761"] [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/Hay_feeder.jpg[/img] Here is what we use. I wouldn't call it zero waste, but it is much better than a hay ring on the ground. The design is a good one. It holds the hay up in the air, and the slanted bars are supposed to stop the cows from taking a bite and then pulling their heads out and dropping the hay on the ground. The dropped hay should stay in the tub below the hay, so they have a second chance to eat it. The quality of the hay makes a big difference. Great hay, they'll eat every bit of it. Poor quality hay and they leave what they don't want in the tub. As you can see, they also get the hay on the ground. Cleaning that tub after it has filled up and been rained on many times is no fun. I guess a cover over it would be ideal, but it would be difficult loading the bales. [/QUOTE]
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