The Barrel Needs a Little TLC!

I went out to feed the horses tonight and the barrel feeder was laying on the floor of the loafing shed!  Dang it!  Absolutely no damage to it at all.  The only thing I can figure is the lag bolts worked their way loose and it just detached itself from the post!  Going to have to look at a different way to hang it up!  On the positive side - there wasn't any damage to the barrel, the lid or the net so all we have to do is re-hang it!

Basketball Hoop Style Slow Feeder

This is a different type of slow feeder - I call it a basketball hoop feeder.  Easy to make - this is actually a by-product of the original barrel feeder we made.  I had drilled the holes through the bottom edge of the barrel before we cut it off - it's easier to drill the holes that way as the barrel is more rigid.  Then we cut the bottom off and got the top of the barrel set up with a hinged lid.  The only problem the barrel was too tall for the place we wanted to hang it!  So we cut a 6 in ring off the bottom of the barrel and we had this.

I asked a friend of mine to give it a try because I didn't have a good place to hang it in my barn where it would get used all the time.  She's been using it most of the winter in a paddock with 3 horses and it's been working well.  She feeds some loose hay on the ground, then fills this with about 3 flakes of hay to give the horses something to munch on throughout the day.  So far, so good!