Then Andrea read on a homesteading website that goats won't eat their hay if it's on the ground. They're browsers, and like to eat things that are bush- and branch-level.
We talked about putting together some 2x4's and some netting or chicken wire or wooden slats to make our pygmy goats something to eat out of so we didn't waste hay. Since we haven't had a lot of time, we didn't get around to that yet, and the next morning I went out to let the goats out to browse and, looking over at our brush pile that never got burned, I got the idea....
The brush pile makes a great feeder. It keeps the hay high and dry, and any that falls out just gets caught by smaller branches. They eat every bit of their hay now, and run to the brush pile every time I let them out to browse.
(Shhh - Zion thinks she's a goat - don't tell her. She'll be out there eating grass right alongside them, when she isn't getting headbutted by Cinnamon.
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