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!