You Told me I needed a Better Goat Hay Feeder So I Built This for our Goats

You told me you didn't like my Pink Goat hay feeder and that I needed a better one. So I am Building this one. What do you think?
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[@caroldorsett8170]

Good morning modern homestead family! Al you are one handy man.

[@jeremyc9641]

Awesome!

[@dennisst.germaine3497]

Gauud Mawnin Lumnah Acahs! A really well-crafted feeder that might be worth a video with a stock list. The excitement is growing to see the new creatures! God Bless

[@76jjax]

I like your hat.

[@craigmooring2091]

That feeder is practically a work of art, but it's really a work of Al; Art just wishes he could do that. ;^)

[@Steve-ps6qw]

i didn't know you had ducks, are they Khaki Campbells?

[@woodchipful]

Man! Those are some lucky goats! You are making a really nice home for them as you do for all your critters.

[@simidhel]

The balance of functionality and character that you apply to so many of your builds is very pleasing and this feeder is certainly no exception. Something to be proud of! Will you be applying the same sort of tung oil protection to this structure as you did with the stanchion? I was wondering the other day whether it might be worth also applying it to the gate posts to extend their lifetime? Nice build and I'm excited about seeing the goats soon arrive! :) 🐐

[@LumnahAcres]

I am going to leave the wood on the feeder alone. I am hoping that the roof will be enough to keep the wood from the weather

[@KellyBurnham]

Dude... need to put the hinges for the lid of your hog feeder on the opposite side so you don't need to lift over the lid. Just sayn

[@robertsantiago4329]

Al I wanted to ask you a question do you eat that free range organic whitetail deer

[@roygould9454]

Why not reverse the hinges on the pig feeder so thed lid opens away from you?

[@barbarafritchie2000]

Very nice feeder. I love your feathered audience. So interested in everything your doing.

[@AbandonedMaine]

It's kind of cute how your chickens want to hang out with you.

[@gregkahle9046]

It cracks me up, they or at least one of them is always getting in the truck, too funny! I agree, it's cool how they like hanging around.

[@jimclaire7996]

The pigs are sure growing. The cat is waiting to go outside. I still think you will wish you had two milk stands. The building projects look great. You are sure a tala tied carpenter. Thanks for sharing. God bless America.

[@donaldmiller8629]

Nope. Not a mountain lion. Just practicing to be a goat ! Man , I've got to get one of those battery powered skil saws ! It looks to be VERY handy ! I've just noticed , one of your pigs has not just a simple spot but a heart on it's right side !

[@LumnahAcres]

Lol, I wonder if the goats will teach figaro a think or two or the other way around! Lol

[@cliffcouture8382]

you also need to make your self a set of saw-horses , i think LOL

[@dianehall5345]

Great to have your carpentry skills and creative ideas. And the recycling. Will take you far on the homestead.You, Gina and Olivia make a team! Good to see DOWN HOME values alive and well. Have a great day!

[@jimclaire7996]

Al, when I had goats, I tried several different hay feeders. No feeder has the advantages that a key hold feeder has. Three small keyholes and a feeder near the fence. I had one sheet of plywood and six goats. A hole big enough for rage dies to get their heads through, then wide enough for their throats. They can eat the hay but not drag hay back onto the ground. Works like a dream. I sure wish I had your carpentry skills. God bless America.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

I don't know if that overhang will be good enough for the goats or not. They REALLY don't like getting wet! LOL I've seen where a goat and a horse were in the same pasture when a storm started to roll in. At the first sign of a sprinkle the goat hightailed it to the barn, when it started pouring in sheets the horse strolled towards the barn. 😄

[@LumnahAcres]

Lol its too funny. I wonder why goats dont like the rain that much

[@jeanineeley2811]

Yep, goats think they'll melt with any water! LOL!

[@mikozuna]

Al.. with all the chickens free ranging.. have you noticed them laying eggs in random places or do they airways go back to the coop for that?

[@LumnahAcres]

so far the chickens have been going back to the nest box to lay there eggs

[@blitzburghbilly7813]

Michael J. Schaefer THX FOR ASKING UR QUESTION. 👍🏽

[@RusticByNature]

Almost sounds like a crow.

[@meddler69]

you need a deck for your house!!! when you building it? lol and those ducks are awesome you should get more

[@LumnahAcres]

no that we have had the land cleared we keep telling each other we need the deck now! Lol

[@welshharlequin7722]

Random Breakfast announcement: Don't eat the cereal. www.thedenverchannel.com/news/kellogg-recalls-honey-smacks-because-of-salmonella-potential

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

How many Roosters do you have on your farm ? You are a really excellent craftsman!

[@lisabooker6405]

My favorite things to watch on KZbin is watching you build something Al. You’re very creative and you make everything so “pretty.” I really enjoy it. Thanks for sharing. God Bless ~Lisa

[@SasquatchBioacoustic]

Sounds like a crow, but just can't place the 4 whistles before the screech.

[@craigc6626]

looks like that design will work well. Just one thing my goats used to chew on everything. I had a makeshift wood one and they ate it so I switch to that metal one I had showed you. Which is like a horse feeder and we just put in a little bit at a time. We had only 4 goats at a time. But they loved to eat wood some more than others. My goats used to waste so much hay. They used to love to just pull out the hay. More than they could swallow and one bite. So the rest ends up on the floor.

[@carlinkay1151]

Al...I can't believe you haven't built yourself an undercover workshop?

[@atheanicholls2199]

Hi good morning Al Gina and Olivia looking good around the 🏡 homestead this morning, oh yeah Mr. Biggs always 🔊 loud and proud, you guys seem to always choose the right 🎶 music every time great job. Happy Friday till the next video have yourselves a wonderful day all day long today God bless 👋 bye. 🐖🐖🐓🐔🐔🐉🐣🐕🐈🐟🐐🐐☁⛅🏡

[@blessingogudugu3708]

When you don’t have a cutting table, use the back of your pick up truck. 😂 awesome. There is nothing stopping you and I love that type of thinking. 👍👏👏👏

[@annfetters1849]

Great design and as always wonderful carpentry! Your new goats should love their new home! Whatever happened to the 2 big black bears in yesterday's video? My son lives in Washington state and has several acres of wooded land. He left for work last week and there was a "teenage" bear that walked out of the woods just outside of his drive to his road. Wow, it was his first sighting. As I think about this there is a lot of dangerous wildlife that wouldn't be afraid of a three-year-old or any other adult. Being aware and armed for danger might be something to think about. You can't be too careful especially if you have children, wives and farm animals.

[@virginiak3769]

Hey guys! I am a mom a grandma and a nurse. They're are 2 tricks I have learned that work like magic. Let me share them with you. 1. For stings... Put bleach on it. If it's a bee Sting, scrape out the stinger with a credit card or drivers license, then put bleach on it. The bleach doesn't have to stay on long. Maybe 20 seconds. Once the Sting has stopped rinse it off. Works like magic. I promise. We have used this for about 35 years. 2. For head bumps If your child falls and hits their head or face, grab a pat or piece of butter and rub it on. The kid won't fight it like they do ice. Ice hurts, its too cold. Rub it in for 30 to 60 seconds. It makes a huge difference. No bruising or tiny bruises when their eyes should be black. This works miracles too. Please share and please try ......

[@Steve-ps6qw]

cant wait to see the goats, they are milk or meat or both? What breed? I want to get some Spanish or Kiko or Spanish/Kiko mix...but what I want and what I eventually get is always something different.....for meat and maybe some fiber from the Spanish (I want to try harvesting fiber some day).

[@donaldshields2483]

Another good job I wouldn’t expect anything but a good job you do excellent work you and the Mrs. God bless

[@jessies3236]

I really love your goat feeder its quite pretty!! The chickens in the truck are hillarious! My sick chick is 100% now! My best part of the day is feeding chickens! They all rush out to me and the food and go right back in for me! I'm so happy with my chicks thanks for being great inspiration! I dont think id have chicks in town if it wasn't for my favorite youtube people including you guys!

[@simpletruth9977]

Al your woodworking skills are top-notch. You could probably make a good living as a carpenter😂😂😂. When u seal the wood give the laminated joist extra coats. Great use of leftover material. Your goats are going to think they hit the lottery💰

[@ddbird1967]

You crack me up with the chickens! What is the guy with the funny hair do? I'm always making my husband follow your projects- we might have to make a stand so for the goats.

[@dianemurphy2840]

Love how you use your tailgate as a work bench. Just the right height :)

[@LumnahAcres]

It comes in so handy. I hope I dont cut it one of these times! Lol

[@anniegaddis5240]

May I suggest taking those top hinges off the pig feeder and putting them on the other side? That way you don't have to either go INTO the pen, nor reach all the way around the top door to fill the feeder up. Also, ask mama to stich that ratchet strap for you, overlapping it and stitching it twice so it's nice and strong. LOVE the goat feeder, let us know if it works or not.

[@wamblipaytah1600]

Hey Al, do you have the amazon link for your pressure cooker? I want to buy one and would like you to get your bonus. Maybe you could do a kitchen tools vid this winter when things slow down.

[@rsoubiea]

I love that rooster, he’s a plucky little guy! pun intended. i’m waiting for the day you go to work and discover a chicken in the back of the truck, lol. Andy is such a handsome fella, he really reminds me of a muppet. anyone else think so? do chickens like the color red? or maybe they know thats the feed wagon, lol. have a great weekend family.

[@craigculver9978]

Nice looking feeder, good to use up stuff you got laying around to, Best part is it's free.

[@yvonhmartin1809]

Bonjour ! pour vous : Ecclesiastes chapitre 3 et verset 13 ( Hello ! for you: Ecclesiastes chapter 3 and verse 13) do you have a verse for me? DIEU EST PARFAIT, PARFAIT, PARFAIT Je vous aime, mon prénom est Yvon Je vous aime

[@elizabethshaw2839]

Super nice goat feeder you just built, if you bought that it would have cost a pretty penny! Excited to see the goats, have a great wk end!

[@OTGNewbie]

Nice job. Where did you get the plans to build this. I think I want to build one like this.

[@johnaustin6649]

Goats are browsers not grazers which is why they don't like to pick food up off the floor, it just isn't natural to them.

[@randyrejer4219]

Those two ducks are always looking to get in the video. What is it about the truck and chickens? Nice looking feeder.

[@LumnahAcres]

I am always wondering why the chickens love the truck too.

[@hughbrackett343]

Don't fight it. When you need another mobile coop buy an old junk pickup that barely runs and put the spare topper on it. Now _that's_ an eggmobile!

[@karenhernke1981]

Do you have a feeder for there grain pellets? Also, I think that you will want to turn your milking stand the other way and have a ramp with rubber on it so they can just walk straight in and run up and not slip. Just an idea.

[@jimbuford4147]

It looks nice but that untreated lumber will rot quickly. Treated lumber is about the same price and would last years.

[@hippyhebrewhomestead8593]

Man it’s like watching a video of myself haha you and I use all the same tools, look the same and everything. Thanks for showing me how to build a manger!

[@HomesteadingwiththeHeberts]

good job on the feeder. i have usually seen the slats on the side going up at an angle like your bee hive. I think your design will help hold the hay in better. good luck.

[@eaglecamphomesteadswfl9006]

WoW AL nice job. I used old Cattle Panels instead of the balisters you made. The goats seem to like it, and they can't climb up and mess on the hay

[@gavinhall3669]

When are going to let them out to Frolic or whatever pigs running around Crazy is called?

[@jacquelinewells7575]

Someone mentioned the goat's not liking it out in the rain n wondering why goat's not liking it. Well, they just don't like water. You'll never see a goat cross over anything into the water. They won't ever get in any water. I guess it's just a goat thing. Lol.

[@dennismott9183]

Why didn’t you build it in the pen? Most would build it where it’s going so you know it will fit without having to remove things to get them in place.

[@warrenfromga9945]

I enjoy watching you build things. You make it look so easy but I know it's not. I can't cut a straight line!

[@goatgal7884]

Your goat hay feeder looks great!I think your goats will be spoiled :)

[@genevievegreene1595]

Al that feeder looks cool. I have to make one but I can't do such a good job with wood. I might use wire.

[@maryjonorum107]

Very nice. I wish you had a link for people to purchase from you.

[@gailc.goodwin2053]

Awesome job, you sure know how to recycle items for good use! 🐓🐓🐓

[@jaywade9896]

Im getting ready to build something like this. What kind of goats are you getting? We have a nubian and a saanen nubian cross

[@stan3198]

You keep furnishing that goat shed and I know an old goat in Colorado looking to relocate LOL

[@robertveronda4225]

Have you found any eggs in the bed of your truck or on your tractor yet? My chickens left them there plenty of times!

[@jamiescott5461]

Those pigs are so smart, interactive and cute. I couldn’t raise them and then eat them. I’d be too attached

[@wjb9425]

i found that goats will pull hay out of rack to eat and won't eat what falls on floor,so i made a box under the rack to catch the hay.It works good for feeding grain also saving room it barn.

[@JeffK1962]

Broken ratchet strap. Uht oh better get outta the way need to get a new one. Gonna need bigger ones now for your moving trailer

[@hungrydimple8050]

It's crazy to see green grass in your videos when all years it's been mud.

[@stephenzevetchin]

great craftsmanship and using what you have!

[@kevinbaker6168]

Al, take those little scraps of joist beams and make a mineral/salt feeder for the goats.

[@tyronebrewster3451]

Can you send me the info too build one I'm going to be getting some goat this year and would like to build me one

[@americannomad513]

I wish I had your carpentry skills.

[@Indiahavenfarm]

Any chance we could get some measurements on this feeder?

[@joeandcheyenne6922]

Wow, that goat feeder is great!! You should build and sell those!

[@salmonhunter7414]

That is one solid feeder. Goats love to climb they won't destroy that.

[@nylebauer2714]

Yup your right hay on ground they won't touch and that one of the better feeder.

[@nancyfahey7518]

You make everything look so easy.😊

[@bigbobswansey8849]

What's your spacing on the 2x2's

[@rbo350]

Just got my Lumna Acres shirt thanks

[@1wolfpup]

That's a nice hay feeder. Good job.

[@malcolmconnor6602]

very nice build, i enjoyed the video very much.

[@dfrancois5520]

Nice Job, I like the slanted slats, it does look cool.

[@onemorchatykathy]

Very interesting. I love your videos.

[@terinaleblanc9196]

Great job on your goat feeder. So excited to see your goats!!!

[@paulgargan6134]

Great job, works for small calves too.

[@francineshea4723]

You’ve got some mad skills!

[@gloriousgoats373]

my channel glorious goats

[@eaglecamphomesteadswfl9006]

The Pigs look ready to roam

[@MrHandoverfist]

how is it for ease of loading the hay?

[@curban616]

You are so talented. Great job!

[@michaelphelps9555]

it looks good the hay feda 👍👍

[@Leslie_AvalonAcresFarm]

You always have an entourage when working outside, LOL! I love that goat feeder, nice job!! ~~Leslie

[@jennylitteken3135]

That looks like a cow feeder

[@boywithlottatoys7039]

Bird sounds like a Raven

[@mtoy100]

Man! Your work is awesome!

[@oldenglishgamebantamfarm796]

Ladies dig your truck

[@stevesammut499]

That's chain really cool feeder.

[@welshharlequin7722]

I LOVE how the pigs were afraid of you early on, and now they come running to you. Spoiled babies!

[@welshharlequin7722]

Hey you could have classes for the things you build in addition to the pig butcher classes. Instead of a "Shared Summer Reading Program", you could have a shared build program. A build-along.

[@genegoodman5233]

Yes is looks very cool. Good job

[@stephm281]

You did a nice job on the feeder.

[@markottinger]

time for a deck project!