round bale feeder for sheep , pre-cut bales

[Hartwig]

Would it make life easier with a round bale feeder like this and feed pre-cut round bales ??

The spacing of the inner ring is 5.5 cm below and 8 cm on top and I`m thinking about if it would be much easier for the ewes to eat the hay and therefor far less wastage and what falls down can be picked up later inside the feeder !? My contractor has a round baler with knifes for pre-cutting the hay, he just wants to know how many knifes or how short I want the hay cut ??

Anybody experience on that ??

Will 10cm be O.K. or where is the optimum between easier feed intake and having the bale falling apart and through the mesh ??

 

[Frantic Farmer]

What do you call that type of feeder , how much and can you buy in uk. Looks ideal for feeding chopped silage bales . 100mm sound ok

 

[Hartwig]

Have a look here:

http://shop.koehler-holz.de/Stallei...allenraufe-mit-Innenring-und-kegel::1718.html

The price is 1.059 € incl. vat +delivery 145 € within germany I guess

They manufacture them and probably they would be happy to send a load to UK if you ask.

A lot of money for a feeder, but if it makes life easier and wastes less hay it could be well spent money - or what do others think ??