This keyhole feeder sat on cinder blocks and was screwed to the wall. The inside was too spacious, so we dropped in a board cut to fit - it rested against the bottom front and angled toward the top back. That kept the hay closer to the goats. |
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Kids could jump or climb in, but they quit doing that when they grew to a certain size. The child was a visitor.
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We built this feeder for the Angora goats because keyhole
feeders could not accommodate their horns.
1" metal pipe was spaced at 6" and holes drilled in the center of a 2x4. Matching holes were drilled in a 2x4 and screwed to the center of the bottom 2x10 - that angled the pipe toward the back on the bottom of the feeder to leave a space for feeding grain in the front. Feeder ends and bottom were 2x10's, the back was plywood, and the
rest was 2X4's. The open top of the feeder was about 10" deep, and the metal rods angled toward the back to leave about a 4" depth at the bottom. |
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