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 goat-proof hog feeder?
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06/14/20 08:25 PM
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Mad Max
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My hunting lease is on a goat farm, so all of my feeders are set up with fences that deer can easily jump but goats can't (or won't).
I've been trying to figure out a way to use these feeders for hogs during the off-season while keeping the goats out - especially because the big ones have learned that ramming a feeder is a good way to shake more corn out (the main reason I started fencing feeders).
I tried cutting a small rectangle about 16" off the ground hoping that pigs can squeeze in while goats couldn't, but the goats discovered it in no time and I was back at square one.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Re: goat-proof hog feeder?
[Re: Mad Max]
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06/14/20 09:23 PM
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Twotoes
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I have goats. As stupid as they are they don't miss even the smallest opportunity. Like you said they don't jump but they will crawl through a tiny space. They will go through any space a pig can go through.
Past performance is the best predictor of future behavior.
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Re: goat-proof hog feeder?
[Re: Mad Max]
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06/15/20 03:26 AM
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Double Naught Spy
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Yeah, they are sort of like guys in prison. They have nothing but time to figure out how to exploit the perimeter.
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