Another Moment of Great Ingenuity

We haven't had the best ways to feed our sheep.  We'll put out a round bale, and then they just climb all over it and waste half of it by laying or pooping in it.  They sell these round bale rings that you can take pieces out so as the bale gets smaller the ring gets smaller.  But they are a few hundred dollars.  And the way things around here are lately, we're lucky to get feed for the animals (speaking of which, I need to call and harass some people tomorrow about getting some pig feed...)

I'm tired of the sheep wasting half a bale - it cost $45! So I did some research and found you can make your own hay ring for a fraction of the cost.  Just buy some clips and a 16 foot cattle panel and you're good to go!  $22.00 for this thing!  Awesome!

First we took the panel and rolled it around a round bale.  Then we tied it together, pulled it off the bale, and let it sit for an hour to get the shape.

Then we cut the panel in thirds.  With the clips you can clip all three pieces together - easier to move and you won't loose pieces!

Voila! The sheep can crawl all over it and waste a bale.  And, more sheep can actually get around it.  Perfecto!!

It's times like this when I love what I do.  But, I'm not going to lie - I don't think I want to do it here anymore.  Hopefully soon we'll have some answers on what is going on.  But another day has passed and we are still left in the dark.  It's pretty miserable out there.

But the sheep are much happier.