Sheep hay baskets

[copse]

Am looking for about 50 for individual lambing pens and was thinking about making some but look like they will take fair bit of time to make . Picked some up from a farm sale and they seem quite handy and keep pens cleaner when feeding silage. Any recommendations for some that don’t seem stupid money? Thanks

 

[Jerry]

Am looking for about 50 for individual lambing pens and was thinking about making some but look like they will take fair bit of time to make . Picked some up from a farm sale and they seem quite handy and keep pens cleaner when feeding silage. Any recommendations for some that don’t seem stupid money? Thanks

I was looking yesterday, cheapest I could find was Mole Valley

 

[copse]

I was looking yesterday, cheapest I could find was Mole Valley

How much were they at mole ?

 

[Jerry]

How much were they at mole ?

Double Sided Saddle Type Sheep Hayrack

MoleOnline.com is the new website of Mole Valley Farmers the Agricultural Supplies and Equipment Merchants

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[Highland Mule]

Have seen them made out of the big crystallix buckets and looked pretty good. Can’t find photo though, but it’s been on here before.

 

[Al R]

£13.50 each I paid for 50 of those IAE ones last year, list price was £19 so I was going to build my own out of timber sides like the shearwell ones but bigger but at £13.50 it was cheaper to buy

 

[hill farmer]

Seen these on Facebook

 

[Al R]

View attachment 934240Seen these on Facebook

Those gaps look a lot wider than the IAE ones I’ve got?

 

[Jerry]

View attachment 934240Seen these on Facebook

Just messaged them, very helpful chap, I will prob be placing an order for hay racks, bucket holders and a couple adopter hurdles to go across a corner of a pen.

 

[hill farmer]

Just messaged them, very helpful chap, I will prob be placing an order for hay racks, bucket holders and a couple adopter hurdles to go across a corner of a pen.

I'll have to ask him for commission! To be honest he's a cousin and only lives a mile or so away, he is a v good fabricator and very handy.
He made us a crook holder for the quad for a Kiwi crook, a fella came here shearing, saw it and fancied one, he made one for him to go home with. £35 if I remember correctly

 

[Jerry]

I'll have to ask him for commission! To be honest he's a cousin and only lives a mile or so away, he is a v good fabricator and very handy.
He made us a crook holder for the quad for a Kiwi crook, a fella came here shearing, saw it and fancied one, he made one for him to go home with. £35 if I remember correctly

Oh!! Ill have to ask about that as I have that crook, got a picture of it?

 

[hill farmer]

 

[hill farmer]

Oh!! Ill have to ask about that as I have that crook, got a picture of it?

Found a couple of pics I took a while ago, we added the bit of inner tube at the top to stop the crook from rubbing, and find that it's better to use some string to hold it in place, especially if you happen to be a speedy can operator

 

[hill farmer]

Found a couple of pics I took a while ago, we added the bit of inner tube at the top to stop the crook from rubbing, and find that it's better to use some string to hold it in place, especially if you happen to be a speedy can operator

Edit Canam!!

 

[Al R]

I'll have to ask him for commission! To be honest he's a cousin and only lives a mile or so away, he is a v good fabricator and very handy.
He made us a crook holder for the quad for a Kiwi crook, a fella came here shearing, saw it and fancied one, he made one for him to go home with. £35 if I remember correctly

Sorry didn’t realise it was homemade when I said the gaps were wider than the IAE ones I thought it was IAE’s own

 

[Dry Rot]

Those gaps look a lot wider than the IAE ones I’ve got?
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What about hay nets? I bought some redundant fishing net (EU changed the rules and it was brand new).

I made a small fortune one year. Bought a job lot of weld mesh from the local scrap yard and resold it for hay racks.

 

[delilah]

are we the only people who just chuck a handful in the corner ?

 

[Al R]

are we the only people who just chuck a handful in the corner ?

Bodge it and leg it

 

[delilah]

Bodge it and leg it

Absolutely. Keep it on the floor and they don't get it in the wool.

 

[Jerry]

are we the only people who just chuck a handful in the corner ?

hay prob cheaper than straw this Year...